Lvjiatuo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lvjiatuo in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LvjiatuoHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lvjiatuo plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lvjiatuo peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Lvjiatuo's incremental SNDi fell from 3.78 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lvjiatuo ranked 103rd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1502nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in China
1166th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
68th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in China
1502nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
103rd of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LvjiatuoFerizajChelenko

In new street additions, Lvjiatuo and Chelenko both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ferizaj built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Ferizaj and Chelenko both became progressively more disconnected, while Lvjiatuo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Lvjiatuo had a more sprawly network than Chelenko in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.