Kuitan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kuitan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuitan plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kuitan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 5.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuitan ranked 84th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1347th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.93
- Rank in China
- 1735th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 113th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.46
- Rank in China
- 1347th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 84th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- She, China
- Parvathipuram, India
- Şirvan, Azerbaijan
- Hưng Yên, Vietnam
- Emam Saheb, Afghanistan
- Xiangyun, China
In new street additions, Kuitan and She both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hưng Yên fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kuitan became progressively more disconnected, while She fluctuated in connectivity and Hưng Yên became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kuitan had a more connected network than Hưng Yên in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.