Shengzhou City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shengzhou City in context

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shengzhou CityHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shengzhou City plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shengzhou City's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shengzhou City ranked 78th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1122nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in China
1096th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
63rd of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in China
1122nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
78th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shengzhou CityAustagramYe

In new street additions, Shengzhou City and Ye both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Austagram fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shengzhou City fluctuated in connectivity, while Austagram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ye became progressively more disconnected. Shengzhou City and Austagram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.