Lipu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lipu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lipu plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lipu 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, Lipu's incremental SNDi fell from 2.41 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lipu ranked 11th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 609th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in China
- 179th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 4th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.53
- Rank in China
- 609th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 11th of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yeji District, China
- Tarkwa, Ghana
- Tukh al Qaramuss wa Kafr Sarkis Mansur, Egypt
- Manendragarh, India
- Umeå, Sweden
- Taian, China
In new street additions, Lipu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yeji District built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Manendragarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lipu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yeji District became progressively more disconnected and Manendragarh fluctuated in connectivity. Lipu and Yeji District have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.