Xingbieying in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xingbieying in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XingbieyingHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingbieying plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xingbieying was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Xingbieying's incremental SNDi rose from 4.11 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingbieying ranked 113th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1616th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.91
Rank in China
1618th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
109th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in China
1616th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
113th 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
XingbieyingAmbanjaMasindi

While Ambanja and Masindi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Xingbieying built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ambanja and Masindi both became progressively more disconnected, while Xingbieying became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Xingbieying and Ambanja have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.