Beipiao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beipiao in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeipiaoLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beipiao plotted against Liaoning and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Beipiao's incremental SNDi rose from 2.04 to 3.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beipiao ranked 25th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 598th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in China
1149th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
37th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in China
598th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
25th of 61

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
BeipiaoVenjaramooduRobe

In new street additions, Beipiao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Venjaramoodu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Robe built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Beipiao fluctuated in connectivity, while Venjaramoodu became progressively more connected and Robe became progressively more disconnected. Beipiao and Robe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.