Enping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Enping in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EnpingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Enping plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Enping 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, Enping's incremental SNDi fell from 3.71 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Enping ranked 59th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1092nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in China
1102nd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
48th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in China
1092nd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
59th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EnpingGaibandhaDumai

While Gaibandha and Dumai both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Enping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Enping had a more sprawly network than Gaibandha in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.