Wuhua in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuhua in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuhuaGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuhua plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wuhua was at its lowest 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, Wuhua's incremental SNDi rose from 6.28 to 6.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuhua ranked 130th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1825th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.76
Rank in China
1788th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
121st of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.31
Rank in China
1825th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
130th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuhuaEzbet NazifSan Cristobal

In new street additions, Wuhua built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ezbet Nazif built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and San Cristóbal built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Ezbet Nazif and San Cristóbal both became progressively more disconnected, while Wuhua became progressively more connected. Wuhua and Ezbet Nazif have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.