Gongping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gongping in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GongpingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gongping plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Gongping was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Gongping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.54 to 5.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gongping ranked 57th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1051st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.05
Rank in China
1644th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
104th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in China
1051st of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
57th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GongpingBelorechenskFengqiao

In new street additions, Gongping built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Belorechensk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Fengqiao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gongping became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Belorechensk became progressively more disconnected and Fengqiao fluctuated in connectivity. Gongping and Belorechensk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.