Xinzhou District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinzhou District in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xinzhou DistrictHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinzhou District plotted against Hubei and China. While Hubei and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Xinzhou District's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xinzhou District's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinzhou District ranked 12th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 323rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in China
734th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
25th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in China
323rd of 1843
Rank in Hubei
12th of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xinzhou DistrictYalovaHitachi

In new street additions, Xinzhou District and Hitachi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yalova built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Yalova and Hitachi both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinzhou District fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Xinzhou District had a more sprawly network than Yalova in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.