Dapeng New District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dapeng New District in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dapeng New DistrictGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dapeng New District plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Dapeng New District peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Dapeng New District's incremental SNDi fell from 2.75 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dapeng New District ranked 35th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 675th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in China
642nd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
23rd of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in China
675th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
35th of 133

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
Dapeng New DistrictPanyaraZurmi

In new street additions, Dapeng New District built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Panyara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zurmi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dapeng New District became progressively more disconnected, while Panyara fluctuated in connectivity and Zurmi fluctuated in connectivity. Dapeng New District and Panyara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.