Shanwei in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shanwei in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shanwei plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shanwei's incremental SNDi rose from 3.06 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shanwei ranked 76th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1274th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.34
- Rank in China
- 1068th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 46th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.34
- Rank in China
- 1274th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 76th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Cuddalore, India
- Blitar, Indonesia
- Masetjhaba View, South Africa
- Juba, South Sudan
- Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- Pabna, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Shanwei and Cuddalore both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Juba built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shanwei and Cuddalore both fluctuated in connectivity, while Juba became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Shanwei and Juba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.