Xingtai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xingtai in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XingtaiHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingtai plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xingtai's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingtai ranked 40th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 662nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in China
867th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
49th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in China
662nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
40th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XingtaiYueyangImphal

In new street additions, Xingtai and Imphal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yueyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Xingtai became progressively more disconnected, while Yueyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Imphal fluctuated in connectivity.