Shepo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shepo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shepo plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shepo 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, Shepo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.73 to 14.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shepo ranked 62nd out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1773rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 14.66
- Rank in China
- 1840th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 63rd of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.57
- Rank in China
- 1773rd of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 62nd of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
- Caraguatatuba, Brazil
- Kertosono, Indonesia
- Sihecun, China
- Ezakheni, South Africa
- Ciudad Arce, El Salvador
In new street additions, Shepo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sidi Bouzid fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sihecun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shepo and Sidi Bouzid both became progressively more disconnected, while Sihecun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Shepo had a more connected network than Sihecun in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.