Fuqing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuqing plotted against Fujian and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fuqing peaked 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, Fuqing's incremental SNDi fell from 4.59 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuqing ranked 63rd out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1649th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sariwon, North Korea
• Sanhur, Egypt
• Nadiad, India
• Gangachara, Bangladesh
• Lokoja, Nigeria
• Provo, United States

While Sariwon and Gangachara both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Fuqing built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Fuqing and Sariwon both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gangachara became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Fuqing had a more connected network than Sariwon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.