Xushui District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xushui District in context

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xushui DistrictHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xushui District plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xushui District 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, Xushui District's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 4.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xushui District ranked 79th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1137th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.57
Rank in China
1550th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
105th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in China
1137th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
79th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xushui DistrictNandailGayara

While Nandail and Gayara both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Xushui District built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Xushui District and Gayara both became progressively more disconnected, while Nandail grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Xushui District and Nandail have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.