Xinmin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinmin in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinmin plotted against Liaoning and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xinmin's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 4.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinmin ranked 35th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 783rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in China
1616th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
57th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in China
783rd of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
35th of 61

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinminNgoBarrancabermeja

In new street additions, Xinmin and Barrancabermeja both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ngo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Xinmin and Barrancabermeja both became progressively more disconnected, while Ngo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.