Pingsha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pingsha in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingshaGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pingsha plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pingsha's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 2.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pingsha ranked 3rd out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 66th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in China
422nd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
17th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in China
66th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
3rd 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
PingshaShorapurSengkang

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