Xinshi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xinshi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinshi plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinshi peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Xinshi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.5 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinshi ranked 108th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.82
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 83rd of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.05
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 108th of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ciudad Arce, El Salvador
- Ezakheni, South Africa
- Sihecun, China
- Colonia Santa Teresa, México
- Orerokpe, Nigeria
- Dongtou, China
In new street additions, Xinshi and Colonia Santa Teresa both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ciudad Arce fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Xinshi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ciudad Arce became progressively more disconnected and Colonia Santa Teresa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Xinshi and Ciudad Arce have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.