Siqian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Siqian in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiqianGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Siqian plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Siqian 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, Siqian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.53 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Siqian ranked 61st out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1108th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in China
387th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
16th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in China
1108th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
61st of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiqianKaliangetDengbu

In new street additions, Siqian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kalianget built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dengbu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Siqian and Kalianget both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dengbu became progressively more disconnected.