Nandan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nandan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nandan plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Nandan 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, Nandan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 5.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nandan ranked 6th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 282nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.89
- Rank in China
- 1731st of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 59th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.11
- Rank in China
- 282nd of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 6th of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Arwal, India
- Rongcheng, China
- Narsampet, India
- Haizijie, China
- Dantu District, China
- Sidi Yahya du Gharb, Morocco
In new street additions, Nandan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arwal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Haizijie fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nandan became progressively more disconnected, while Arwal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Haizijie fluctuated in connectivity. Nandan and Arwal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.