Binyang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Binyang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Binyang plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Binyang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 2.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Binyang ranked 8th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 358th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.46
- Rank in China
- 494th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 7th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.2
- Rank in China
- 358th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 8th of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gondanglegi, Indonesia
- Aachen, Germany
- Yanping, China
- Kostanay, Kazakhstan
- Karaikudi, India
- Harar, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Binyang and Kostanay both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gondanglegi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Binyang and Kostanay have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.