Wei in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wei in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WeiHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wei plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wei 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, Wei's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wei ranked 36th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 629th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in China
750th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
43rd of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in China
629th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
36th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
WeiUbeErzurum

Wei, Ube, and Erzurum all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Wei and Erzurum have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.