Lingshan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lingshan in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LingshanGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lingshan plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lingshan rose 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, Lingshan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingshan ranked 18th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 785th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in China
1112th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
31st of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in China
785th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
18th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LingshanKahalgaonShujaabad

While Kahalgaon and Shujaabad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Lingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Lingshan and Kahalgaon both became progressively more disconnected, while Shujaabad fluctuated in connectivity.