Gulin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gulin in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GulinTianjin (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gulin plotted against Tianjin and China. While Tianjin and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Gulin's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gulin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gulin ranked 4th out of 16 cities in Tianjin as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Tianjin
4th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Tianjin
4th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GulinRiversideGorontalo

In new street additions, Gulin and Gorontalo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Riverside built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Riverside and Gorontalo both became progressively more disconnected, while Gulin fluctuated in connectivity.