Hongjiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hongjiang in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HongjiangHunan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hongjiang plotted against Hunan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Hongjiang peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Hunan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hongjiang's incremental SNDi fell from 2.96 to 1.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hongjiang ranked 33rd out of 89 cities in Hunan and 699th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.6
Rank in China
93rd of 1843
Rank in Hunan
4th of 89

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in China
699th of 1843
Rank in Hunan
33rd of 89

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HongjiangKhargoneBayda

In new street additions, Hongjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Khargone built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bayda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Khargone and Bayda both became progressively more disconnected, while Hongjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Hongjiang and Khargone have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.