Jizhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jizhou in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JizhouHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jizhou plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jizhou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.49 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jizhou ranked 55th out of 120 cities in Hebei as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Hebei
42nd of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Hebei
55th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JizhouGliwiceXiangdong

In new street additions, Jizhou and Xiangdong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gliwice built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jizhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gliwice became progressively more disconnected and Xiangdong fluctuated in connectivity. Jizhou and Gliwice have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.