Wuping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuping in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WupingFujian (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuping plotted against Fujian and China. While Fujian and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Wuping's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wuping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuping ranked 8th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 394th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in China
1256th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
39th of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in China
394th of 1843
Rank in Fujian
8th of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WupingPaviaHobart

While Pavia and Hobart both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Wuping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Wuping and Pavia both became progressively more disconnected, while Hobart grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Wuping had a more connected network than Pavia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.