Shangsi County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shangsi County 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
Shangsi CountyGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shangsi County plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shangsi County's incremental SNDi rose from 3.63 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shangsi County ranked 50th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1446th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in China
1379th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
41st of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in China
1446th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
50th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shangsi CountyGualeguaychuTorbali

In new street additions, Shangsi County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gualeguaychu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Torbalı built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shangsi County and Gualeguaychu both became progressively more disconnected, while Torbalı became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shangsi County and Gualeguaychu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.