Shaobo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shaobo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shaobo plotted against Jiangsu and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shaobo peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Jiangsu which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shaobo's incremental SNDi fell from 5.15 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shaobo ranked 98th out of 101 cities in Jiangsu and 1717th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.36
- Rank in China
- 1079th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangsu
- 66th of 101
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in China
- 1717th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangsu
- 98th of 101
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Saint-Nazaire, France
- Teluk Dalam, Indonesia
- Gniezno, Poland
- Cataguases, Brazil
- Gangtou, China
- Katrisarai, India
In new street additions, Shaobo and Saint-Nazaire both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Cataguases fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Saint-Nazaire and Cataguases both became progressively more disconnected, while Shaobo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Shaobo and Cataguases have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.