Yahongqiao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yahongqiao 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
YahongqiaoHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yahongqiao plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yahongqiao's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yahongqiao ranked 21st out of 120 cities in Hebei and 441st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in China
716th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
39th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in China
441st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
21st of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YahongqiaoMityanaSidi Khaled

In new street additions, Yahongqiao, Mityana, and Sidi Khaled all fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yahongqiao and Mityana both fluctuated in connectivity, while Sidi Khaled grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Yahongqiao and Sidi Khaled have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.