Raoping in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Raoping in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Raoping plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Raoping 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, Raoping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raoping ranked 21st out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 447th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.36
- Rank in China
- 1086th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 47th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.31
- Rank in China
- 447th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 21st 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, Raoping and Udupi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mallawi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Raoping and Udupi both became progressively more disconnected, while Mallawi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.