Bacao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bacao in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BacaoGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bacao plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bacao's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 4.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bacao ranked 3rd out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 117th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.3
Rank in China
1486th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
44th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in China
117th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
3rd of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BacaoNimbaheraKropotkin

Bacao, Nimbahera, and Kropotkin all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Bacao and Kropotkin both became progressively more disconnected, while Nimbahera fluctuated in connectivity. Bacao and Nimbahera have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.