Guangnan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Guangnan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guangnan plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Guangnan peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Yunnan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Guangnan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.55 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guangnan ranked 41st out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 1031st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.58
- Rank in China
- 575th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 22nd of 78
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.0
- Rank in China
- 1031st of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 41st of 78
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Taiping, China
- Suceava, Romania
- Al Saja'a Industrial, United Arab Emirates
- Tegalglagah, Indonesia
- Gong, China
- Terrebonne, Canada
In new street additions, Guangnan and Taiping both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tegalglagah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Guangnan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Taiping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tegalglagah became progressively more disconnected. Guangnan and Taiping have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.