Hanggin Rear Banner in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hanggin Rear Banner in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hanggin Rear BannerNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hanggin Rear Banner plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Hanggin Rear Banner peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hanggin Rear Banner's incremental SNDi fell from 3.13 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hanggin Rear Banner ranked 6th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 615th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in China
672nd of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
13th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in China
615th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
6th of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hanggin Rear BannerMatehualaBharwari

In new street additions, Hanggin Rear Banner built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Matehuala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bharwari built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Hanggin Rear Banner became progressively more disconnected, while Matehuala fluctuated in connectivity and Bharwari became progressively more connected. Hanggin Rear Banner and Matehuala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.