Gaoping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gaoping in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GaopingShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gaoping plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Gaoping peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Shanxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gaoping's incremental SNDi fell from 4.95 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gaoping ranked 76th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1637th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in China
1316th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
62nd of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in China
1637th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
76th of 80

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
GaopingVaniyambadiAnda

In new street additions, Gaoping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Vaniyambadi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Anda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gaoping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Vaniyambadi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Anda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gaoping and Vaniyambadi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.