Zhuozhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zhuozhou in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZhuozhouHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhuozhou plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zhuozhou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.31 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhuozhou ranked 92nd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1293rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in China
1263rd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
72nd of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in China
1293rd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
92nd of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZhuozhouMailsiKaspiysk

In new street additions, Zhuozhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mailsi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kaspiysk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Zhuozhou and Kaspiysk both became progressively more disconnected, while Mailsi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Zhuozhou and Kaspiysk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.