Gaozhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gaozhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gaozhou plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gaozhou's incremental SNDi rose from 1.65 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gaozhou ranked 4th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 99th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.91
- Rank in China
- 207th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 8th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.7
- Rank in China
- 99th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 4th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gaozhou and Pasto both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al-Manshah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gaozhou fluctuated in connectivity, while Pasto became progressively more disconnected and Al-Manshah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gaozhou and Pasto have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.