Nayong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nayong 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
NayongGuizhou (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nayong plotted against Guizhou and China. The SNDi of new construction in Nayong followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Guizhou which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nayong's incremental SNDi fell from 3.48 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nayong ranked 24th out of 41 cities in Guizhou and 1346th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in China
857th of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
14th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in China
1346th of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
24th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NayongOcanaMaxixe

In new street additions, Nayong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ocaña fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Maxixe built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nayong became progressively more connected, while Ocaña fluctuated in connectivity and Maxixe became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Nayong had a more sprawly network than Ocaña in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.