Yuanshi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuanshi in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuanshiHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuanshi plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yuanshi 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, Yuanshi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuanshi ranked 84th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1218th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in China
1445th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
95th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in China
1218th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
84th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuanshiAsikaMkoba

In new street additions, Yuanshi and Asika both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mkoba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Yuanshi and Asika have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.