Huzhen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huzhen in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuzhenZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

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?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuzhenBhimber GaliMonapo

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.