Baise in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baise in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaiseGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baise plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Baise fell steadily, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baise's incremental SNDi fell from 5.92 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baise ranked 63rd out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1791st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.39
Rank in China
1693rd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
54th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.95
Rank in China
1791st of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
63rd of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaiseKhuzdarKoko

While Khuzdar and Koko both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Baise built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Khuzdar and Koko both became progressively more disconnected, while Baise became progressively more connected. Baise and Khuzdar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.