Shuikou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shuikou in context

3.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShuikouGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shuikou plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shuikou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shuikou ranked 100th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1568th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in China
1443rd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
81st of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in China
1568th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
100th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

012345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
012345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShuikouGeitaAbudwak

In new street additions, Shuikou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Geita built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Abudwak built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Shuikou fluctuated in connectivity, while Geita became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Abudwak became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Shuikou had a more sprawly network than Abudwak in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.