Xingtang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xingtang in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XingtangHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingtang plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xingtang peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Xingtang's incremental SNDi fell from 2.45 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingtang ranked 20th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 414th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in China
486th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
21st of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in China
414th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
20th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XingtangRamnagarSaen Suk

In new street additions, Xingtang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ramnagar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Saen Suk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Xingtang and Saen Suk both became progressively more disconnected, while Ramnagar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Xingtang and Saen Suk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.