Zhao'an in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zhao'an in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhao'an plotted against Fujian and China. While Fujian and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Zhao'an's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Zhao'an's incremental SNDi rose from 2.42 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhao'an ranked 14th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 581st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.67
- Rank in China
- 639th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 14th of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.49
- Rank in China
- 581st of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 14th of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guzarah, Afghanistan
- Durrës, Albania
- Longnan, China
- Mera Umarzai, Pakistan
- Lumajang, Indonesia
- Neftekamsk, Russia
In new street additions, Zhao'an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Guzarah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mera Umarzai built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Zhao'an fluctuated in connectivity, while Guzarah fluctuated in connectivity and Mera Umarzai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.