Huji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huji in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HujiHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huji plotted against Hubei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huji peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hubei which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huji's incremental SNDi fell from 3.66 to 1.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huji ranked 29th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 722nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.5
Rank in China
65th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
2nd of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in China
722nd of 1843
Rank in Hubei
29th of 77

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
HujiGlazovMarapicu

While Glazov and Marapicu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Huji built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Huji grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Glazov became progressively more disconnected and Marapicu fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Huji had a more connected network than Glazov in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.