Xiangshan County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xiangshan County 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
Xiangshan CountyZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xiangshan County plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xiangshan County's incremental SNDi rose from 1.89 to 2.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xiangshan County ranked 14th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 261st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in China
284th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
11th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in China
261st of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
14th of 116

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xiangshan CountyAl HawiyahAit Melloul

In new street additions, Xiangshan County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Hawiyah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Aït Melloul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Xiangshan County fluctuated in connectivity, while Al Hawiyah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Aït Melloul became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Xiangshan County had a more sprawly network than Aït Melloul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.