Ningxiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ningxiang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ningxiang plotted against Hunan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Ningxiang followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Hunan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ningxiang's incremental SNDi fell from 2.35 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ningxiang ranked 13th out of 89 cities in Hunan and 301st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in China
- 385th of 1843
- Rank in Hunan
- 26th of 89
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.14
- Rank in China
- 301st of 1843
- Rank in Hunan
- 13th of 89
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ningxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ciudad Ojeda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Suixi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Ciudad Ojeda and Suixi both became progressively more disconnected, while Ningxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ningxiang and Ciudad Ojeda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.