Huimin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huimin in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuiminShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huimin plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huimin was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huimin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huimin ranked 54th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 351st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in China
887th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
84th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in China
351st of 1843
Rank in Shandong
54th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuiminDanfengFuning

In new street additions, Huimin and Danfeng both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Funing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Huimin and Danfeng both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Funing fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Huimin had a more sprawly network than Danfeng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.