Laoting in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Laoting in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LaotingHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laoting plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Laoting's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laoting ranked 61st out of 120 cities in Hebei and 971st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in China
875th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
50th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in China
971st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
61st of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LaotingKabondo-DiandaHub

In new street additions, Laoting fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kabondo-Dianda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hub built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Laoting fluctuated in connectivity, while Kabondo-Dianda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hub became progressively more disconnected. Laoting and Kabondo-Dianda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.