Xinzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xinzhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinzhou plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinzhou fell steadily, 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, Xinzhou's incremental SNDi fell from 1.93 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinzhou ranked 7th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 339th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.91
- Rank in China
- 209th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 11th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.18
- Rank in China
- 339th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 7th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Xinzhou built increasingly connected streets over time, while Amarpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sucre fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Xinzhou became progressively more connected, while Amarpur became progressively more disconnected and Sucre fluctuated in connectivity. Xinzhou and Sucre have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.