Baiqi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baiqi in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaiqiFujian (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baiqi plotted against Fujian and China. The SNDi of new construction in Baiqi fell steadily, compared to Fujian which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baiqi's incremental SNDi fell from 2.3 to 1.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baiqi ranked 11th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 508th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.98
Rank in China
236th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
4th of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in China
508th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
11th of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaiqiBambergBedessa

While Bamberg and Bedessa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Baiqi built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bamberg and Bedessa both became progressively more disconnected, while Baiqi became progressively more connected. Baiqi and Bamberg have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.