Lianjiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lianjiang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lianjiang plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lianjiang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.76 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lianjiang ranked 44th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 812th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.43
- Rank in China
- 1122nd of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 52nd of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.76
- Rank in China
- 812th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 44th 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, Lianjiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lanxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Taishan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Lianjiang and Taishan both became progressively more disconnected, while Lanxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Lianjiang had a more sprawly network than Taishan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.