Xiangfen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xiangfen in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XiangfenShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xiangfen plotted against Shanxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xiangfen's incremental SNDi rose from 1.12 to 2.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xiangfen ranked 18th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 463rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in China
410th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
21st of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in China
463rd of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
18th of 80

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
XiangfenTireMoma

In new street additions, Xiangfen and Tire both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Moma built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Tire and Moma both became progressively more disconnected, while Xiangfen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Xiangfen and Moma have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.