Shatian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shatian in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShatianGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shatian plotted against Guangxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shatian's incremental SNDi rose from 2.89 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shatian ranked 32nd out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1151st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in China
1153rd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
33rd of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in China
1151st of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
32nd of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShatianAxumTribeniganj

In new street additions, Shatian and Axum both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tribeniganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shatian fluctuated in connectivity, while Axum became progressively more disconnected and Tribeniganj became progressively more disconnected. Shatian and Axum have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.