Lintou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lintou in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LintouGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lintou plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lintou rose steadily, 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, Lintou's incremental SNDi rose from 5.5 to 6.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lintou ranked 123rd out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1760th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.82
Rank in China
1794th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
123rd of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.41
Rank in China
1760th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
123rd of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LintouXinfengDong'an

In new street additions, Lintou built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xinfeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dong'an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lintou and Xinfeng both became progressively more disconnected, while Dong'an fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Lintou had a more connected network than Dong'an in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.