Kangmei in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kangmei in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kangmei plotted against Fujian and China. The SNDi of new construction in Kangmei rose steadily, compared to Fujian which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kangmei's incremental SNDi rose from 3.59 to 5.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kangmei ranked 46th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1410th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.92
- Rank in China
- 1734th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 64th of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.58
- Rank in China
- 1410th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 46th of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zhecheng, China
- Yueyang, China
- Bragança Paulista, Brazil
- Gombong, Indonesia
- Pachora, India
- Sahagún, Colombia
In new street additions, Kangmei and Gombong both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zhecheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kangmei had a more connected network than Zhecheng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.