Wuji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuji in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WujiHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuji plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Wuji's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuji ranked 11th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 318th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in China
361st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
14th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in China
318th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
11th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WujiTurtkulDahanu

In new street additions, Wuji and Turtkul both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dahanu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Wuji became progressively more disconnected, while Turtkul fluctuated in connectivity and Dahanu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.