Huzhen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Huzhen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huzhen plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huzhen followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Zhejiang which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huzhen's incremental SNDi fell from 2.99 to 1.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huzhen ranked 28th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 498th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.73
- Rank in China
- 129th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 5th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.38
- Rank in China
- 498th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 28th of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bhimber Gali, Jammu and Kashmir
- Chengalpattu, India
- Ngluwar, Indonesia
- Monapo, Mozambique
- Bozene, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Guyuk, Nigeria
In new street additions, Huzhen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bhimber Gali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Monapo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Huzhen fluctuated in connectivity, while Bhimber Gali fluctuated in connectivity and Monapo became progressively more disconnected. Huzhen and Monapo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.