Shiling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shiling in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShilingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shiling plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shiling's incremental SNDi rose from 3.05 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shiling ranked 78th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1286th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in China
1269th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
68th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in China
1286th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
78th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShilingEl KhroubYingshang

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