Huazhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huazhou 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
HuazhouShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huazhou plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huazhou peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huazhou's incremental SNDi fell from 2.72 to 2.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huazhou ranked 24th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 697th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in China
419th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
12th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in China
697th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
24th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuazhouKalaspurQingtongxia

In new street additions, Huazhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kalaspur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Qingtongxia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Huazhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kalaspur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Qingtongxia became progressively more disconnected.