Xingxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xingxian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingxian plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xingxian peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shanxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xingxian's incremental SNDi fell from 4.16 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingxian ranked 71st out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1577th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.83
- Rank in China
- 763rd of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 41st of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.12
- Rank in China
- 1577th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 71st of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jahangirabad, India
- Al Mahabishah, Yemen
- Kafr al Tarayna, Egypt
- Wenshui, China
- Jagatsinghpur, India
- Dongping, China
In new street additions, Xingxian and Wenshui both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jahangirabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Xingxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jahangirabad fluctuated in connectivity and Wenshui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Xingxian and Jahangirabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.