Macheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Macheng in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MachengHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Macheng plotted against Hubei and China. While Hubei and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Macheng's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Macheng's incremental SNDi rose from 2.63 to 3.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Macheng ranked 37th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 940th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.64
Rank in China
1219th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
56th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in China
940th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
37th 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
MachengJumaTurbat

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