Huangbu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huangbu 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
HuangbuGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huangbu plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huangbu was at its lowest 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, Huangbu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huangbu ranked 62nd out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1112th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in China
1357th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
73rd of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in China
1112th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
62nd of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuangbuKonotopDemak

While Konotop and Demak both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Huangbu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Konotop and Demak both became progressively more disconnected, while Huangbu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Huangbu and Konotop have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.