Xinle in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinle 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
XinleHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinle plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinle 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, Xinle's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinle ranked 48th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 806th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.81
Rank in China
1312th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
80th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in China
806th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
48th 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
XinleEsteliEsmeraldas

While Esteli and Esmeraldas both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Xinle built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Xinle and Esteli both became progressively more disconnected, while Esmeraldas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Xinle and Esteli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.