Jingxing Mining in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jingxing Mining in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jingxing MiningHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingxing Mining plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jingxing Mining peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hebei which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jingxing Mining's incremental SNDi fell from 3.97 to 2.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingxing Mining ranked 86th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1224th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in China
662nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
37th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in China
1224th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
86th of 120

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jingxing MiningKumagayaPandhurna

In new street additions, Jingxing Mining built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kumagaya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pandhurna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kumagaya and Pandhurna both became progressively more disconnected, while Jingxing Mining fluctuated in connectivity. Jingxing Mining and Pandhurna have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.