Fu'an in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fu'an in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fu'an plotted against Fujian and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fu'an was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Fujian which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fu'an's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fu'an ranked 47th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1440th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.95
- Rank in China
- 1738th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 65th of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.64
- Rank in China
- 1440th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 47th of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Fu'an built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ankleshwar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Gongyi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Fu'an became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ankleshwar became progressively more disconnected and Gongyi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Fu'an had a more connected network than Gongyi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.