Teng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Teng in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TengGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Teng plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Teng was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Teng's incremental SNDi rose from 1.54 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Teng ranked 5th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 281st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in China
509th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
8th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in China
281st of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
5th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TengParghumtiFort Worth

In new street additions, Teng built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Parghumti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fort Worth built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Teng became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Parghumti fluctuated in connectivity and Fort Worth became progressively more disconnected. Teng and Fort Worth have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.