Minhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Minhou in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinhouFujian (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minhou plotted against Fujian and China. The SNDi of new construction in Minhou rose steadily, compared to Fujian which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Minhou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minhou ranked 58th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1589th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in China
1628th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
58th of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in China
1589th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
58th of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinhouMalanvilleThayarwady

In new street additions, Minhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Malanville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Thayarwady fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Minhou and Thayarwady both became progressively more disconnected, while Malanville grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Minhou and Malanville have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.