Hohhot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hohhot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hohhot plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Hohhot peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hohhot's incremental SNDi fell from 4.12 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hohhot ranked 42nd out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 1517th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.91
- Rank in China
- 1365th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 35th of 43
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.87
- Rank in China
- 1517th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 42nd of 43
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Puebla and Bucharest both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hohhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Puebla and Bucharest both became progressively more disconnected, while Hohhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Hohhot had a more sprawly network than Puebla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.