Xinzhuangying in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xinzhuangying in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinzhuangying plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinzhuangying 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, Xinzhuangying's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinzhuangying ranked 93rd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1330th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.88
- Rank in China
- 1344th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 85th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.43
- Rank in China
- 1330th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 93rd of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Abbotsford, Canada
- Cotorro, Cuba
- Doda, Jammu and Kashmir
- Mukubu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Qingan, China
- Qingtian, China
In new street additions, Xinzhuangying built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Abbotsford fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mukubu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Xinzhuangying and Abbotsford have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.