Pingding County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pingding County in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pingding CountyShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pingding County plotted against Shanxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pingding County's incremental SNDi rose from 3.55 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pingding County ranked 53rd out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1297th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.82
Rank in China
1595th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
72nd of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in China
1297th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
53rd of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pingding CountyHuantaiZahle

In new street additions, Pingding County and Zahle both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huantai built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pingding County and Zahle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.