Guilin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guilin in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuilinGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guilin plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Guilin peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Guilin's incremental SNDi fell from 3.34 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guilin ranked 34th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1183rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in China
956th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
22nd of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in China
1183rd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
34th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuilinBanguiPekanbaru

In new street additions, Guilin and Bangui both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Pekanbaru built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bangui and Pekanbaru both became progressively more disconnected, while Guilin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Guilin and Bangui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.