Liuzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Liuzhou in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiuzhouGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Liuzhou plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Liuzhou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Liuzhou ranked 24th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 918th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in China
1034th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
27th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.87
Rank in China
918th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
24th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiuzhouKharkivTaizhou

In new street additions, Liuzhou and Taizhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kharkiv built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Liuzhou had a more sprawly network than Taizhou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.