Lingshui Li Autonomous County in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lingshui Li Autonomous County in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lingshui Li Autonomous County plotted against Hainan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lingshui Li Autonomous County rose steadily, compared to Hainan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lingshui Li Autonomous County's incremental SNDi rose from 5.15 to 5.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingshui Li Autonomous County ranked 15th out of 17 cities in Hainan and 1723rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.93
- Rank in China
- 1736th of 1843
- Rank in Hainan
- 15th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.99
- Rank in China
- 1723rd of 1843
- Rank in Hainan
- 15th of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dongchuan, China
- Phuoc Long, Vietnam
- Warwick, United Kingdom
- Yuxian, China
- Ormoc, Philippines
- Bulo Burto, Somalia
In new street additions, Lingshui Li Autonomous County built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dongchuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Yuxian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lingshui Li Autonomous County became progressively more disconnected, while Dongchuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Yuxian fluctuated in connectivity. Lingshui Li Autonomous County and Yuxian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.