Taiping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taiping in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaipingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taiping plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Taiping rose steadily, 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, Taiping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 3.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.08

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaipingMangPamanukan

While Mang and Pamanukan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Taiping built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Taiping and Mang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.