Renqiu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Renqiu in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Renqiu plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Renqiu rose steadily, 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, Renqiu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.29 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Renqiu ranked 69th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1037th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in China
1303rd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
79th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in China
1037th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
69th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RenqiuAl-SantaLashio

In new street additions, Renqiu and Al-Santa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lashio built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Renqiu and Al-Santa both became progressively more disconnected, while Lashio grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Renqiu and Al-Santa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.