Fanchang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fanchang in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanchangAnhui (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fanchang plotted against Anhui and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fanchang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fanchang ranked 26th out of 74 cities in Anhui and 384th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in China
438th of 1843
Rank in Anhui
27th of 74

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in China
384th of 1843
Rank in Anhui
26th of 74

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanchangBaracoaOuazzane

In new street additions, Fanchang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Baracoa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ouazzane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Fanchang and Baracoa both became progressively more disconnected, while Ouazzane grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Fanchang and Baracoa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.