Zhaoping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zhaoping in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZhaopingGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhaoping plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Zhaoping 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, Zhaoping's incremental SNDi rose from 4.08 to 4.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhaoping ranked 30th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1064th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.64
Rank in China
1565th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
50th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in China
1064th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
30th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZhaopingOgojaRamenskoye

Zhaoping, Ogoja, and Ramenskoye all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Zhaoping had a more connected network than Ramenskoye in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.