Rongshui in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rongshui in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rongshui plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rongshui's incremental SNDi rose from 3.22 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rongshui ranked 44th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1317th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.62
- Rank in China
- 1560th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 49th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.41
- Rank in China
- 1317th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 44th 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, Rongshui fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Melur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shoranur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rongshui and Melur both became progressively more disconnected, while Shoranur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Rongshui and Melur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.