Qingping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qingping in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QingpingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qingping plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Qingping's incremental SNDi rose from 7.16 to 10.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qingping ranked 129th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1824th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.88
Rank in China
1831st of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
131st of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.24
Rank in China
1824th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
129th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QingpingNandikotkurSathupally

In new street additions, Qingping and Sathupally both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nandikotkur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Qingping and Nandikotkur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.