Xinying District: city in Tainan, Taiwan
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Xinying District, Taiwan on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Xinying District as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.36, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 0.1, nan, 1.35 and 1.76. Data was not available in 1976-1990.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Xinying District spans a total of 163 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of 0.1, which is very well-connected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 0.1, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.36. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Xinying District has become more disconnected.
Xinying District and Tainan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, as well as the Tainan's street network construction.
How do development practices in Xinying District fare in comparison to others in Tainan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Xinying District was the 1st-most disconnected out of the 2 cities in Tainan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Xinying District ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Xinying District and Taiwan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Taiwan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Xinying District fare in comparison to others in Taiwan? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Xinying District was the 8th-most disconnected out of the 21 cities in Taiwan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Taiwan, street construction in Xinying District has become more disconnected. Xinying District ranked 19th in 1975, 11th in 1991-2000 and 8th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Xinying District and Tainan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Xinying District rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Tainan rose steadily.
To date, Xinying District is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 2 cities in Tainan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Xinying District ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Xinying District and Taiwan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Xinying District rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Taiwan rose steadily.
To date, Xinying District is the 18th-most disconnected out of the 21 cities in Taiwan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Taiwan, the street network in Xinying District has become more disconnected. Xinying District ranked 19th in 1975, 19th in 1976-1990, 19th in 1991-2000 and 18th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Xinying District had a built-up area of 6.97 square kilometers, and a population of 63055 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: