Shaoguan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shaoguan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shaoguan plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shaoguan peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Shaoguan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.79 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shaoguan ranked 98th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1560th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.61
- Rank in China
- 1558th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 93rd of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in China
- 1560th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 98th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Providence, United States
- Fangshan, China
- Mainpuri, India
- Nagercoil, India
- Piura, Peru
- Cuito, Angola
In new street additions, Shaoguan and Providence both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nagercoil built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Shaoguan had a more connected network than Nagercoil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.