She in context: Street-network sprawl trends

She 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
SheHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with She plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, She's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, She ranked 14th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 330th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in China
377th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
15th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in China
330th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
14th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SheParvathipuramKuitan

She, Parvathipuram, and Kuitan all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Parvathipuram and Kuitan both became progressively more disconnected, while She fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, She had a more sprawly network than Parvathipuram in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.