Yunfu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yunfu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yunfu plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yunfu peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Yunfu's incremental SNDi fell from 2.18 to 2.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yunfu ranked 24th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 494th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.15
- Rank in China
- 315th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 12th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.37
- Rank in China
- 494th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 24th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bardhaman, India
- Linquan, China
- Maghagha, Egypt
- Rantau Prapat, Indonesia
- Puerto Vallarta, México
- Balangir, India
In new street additions, Yunfu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bardhaman fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rantau Prapat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bardhaman and Rantau Prapat both became progressively more disconnected, while Yunfu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Yunfu and Bardhaman have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.