Hancheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hancheng in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hancheng plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Hancheng's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hancheng's incremental SNDi rose from 1.4 to 1.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hancheng ranked 3rd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 180th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.81
- Rank in China
- 164th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 3rd of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.9
- Rank in China
- 180th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 3rd of 62
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Laghouat, Algeria
- Bechar, Algeria
- Águas Lindas de Goiás, Brazil
- Layyah, Pakistan
- Barnala, India
- Shahdadkot, Pakistan
In new street additions, Hancheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Laghouat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Layyah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hancheng and Layyah both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Laghouat became progressively more connected. Hancheng and Laghouat have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.