Litang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Litang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Litang plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Litang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Litang ranked 29th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1049th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.68
- Rank in China
- 1236th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 35th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.03
- Rank in China
- 1049th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 29th of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Litang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Iludun built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kadiivka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Litang fluctuated in connectivity, while Iludun became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kadiivka became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Litang had a more sprawly network than Iludun in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.