Xianyou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xianyou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xianyou plotted against Fujian and China. While Fujian and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Xianyou's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xianyou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xianyou ranked 41st out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1315th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.9
- Rank in China
- 1355th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 43rd of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.41
- Rank in China
- 1315th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 41st of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Daska and Mahesana both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Xianyou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.