Dawu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dawu in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DawuHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dawu plotted against Hubei and China. While Hubei and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Dawu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dawu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dawu ranked 43rd out of 77 cities in Hubei and 1020th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in China
1373rd of 1843
Rank in Hubei
65th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in China
1020th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
43rd of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DawuDaharkiPabbi

In new street additions, Dawu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Daharki built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pabbi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dawu and Pabbi both became progressively more disconnected, while Daharki became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.