Zunhua in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zunhua in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZunhuaHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zunhua plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zunhua's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zunhua ranked 54th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 849th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in China
946th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
57th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in China
849th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
54th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZunhuaAd-DamazinAlcala de Henares

In new street additions, Zunhua and Alcalá de Henares both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ad-Damazin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Zunhua and Ad-Damazin both became progressively more disconnected, while Alcalá de Henares fluctuated in connectivity. Zunhua and Alcalá de Henares have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.