Baisha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baisha in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaishaChongqing (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baisha plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Baisha followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Chongqing which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baisha's incremental SNDi fell from 5.43 to 3.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baisha ranked 32nd out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1634th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in China
1290th of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
22nd of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in China
1634th of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
32nd of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaishaPorsaParnaiba

In new street additions, Baisha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Porsa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Parnaíba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Baisha fluctuated in connectivity, while Porsa became progressively more disconnected and Parnaíba became progressively more disconnected.