Pingquan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pingquan in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingquanHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pingquan plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Pingquan 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, Pingquan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.29 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pingquan ranked 23rd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 476th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in China
452nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
20th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in China
476th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
23rd 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
PingquanUmu LawlawKutoarjo

While Umu Lawlaw and Kutoarjo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Pingquan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Umu Lawlaw and Kutoarjo both became progressively more disconnected, while Pingquan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.