Mancheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mancheng in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mancheng plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mancheng's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 5.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mancheng ranked 108th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1562nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.01
- Rank in China
- 1634th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 111th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.05
- Rank in China
- 1562nd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 108th of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mancheng and Barika both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kayempur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mancheng and Kayempur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.