Damo New Village in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Damo New Village in context

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Damo New VillageGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Damo New Village plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Damo New Village fell steadily, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Damo New Village's incremental SNDi fell from 4.38 to 0.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Damo New Village ranked 109th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1670th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.89
Rank in China
8th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
4th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in China
1670th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
109th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Damo New VillageSuralayaSiyahgird

In new street additions, Damo New Village built increasingly connected streets over time, while Suralaya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Siyahgird fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Damo New Village became progressively more connected, while Suralaya fluctuated in connectivity and Siyahgird became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Damo New Village had a more sprawly network than Suralaya in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.