Xiongxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xiongxian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xiongxian plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xiongxian 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, Xiongxian's incremental SNDi rose from 4.22 to 6.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xiongxian ranked 116th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1681st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.68
- Rank in China
- 1783rd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 119th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.66
- Rank in China
- 1681st of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 116th of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rafaela, Argentina
- Tangqi, China
- Kaduqli, Sudan
- Székesfehérvár, Hungary
- Mazgam, Jammu and Kashmir
- Szőlőhegy, Hungary
In new street additions, Xiongxian and Székesfehérvár both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rafaela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Xiongxian and Rafaela have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.