Fengkai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fengkai in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengkaiGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fengkai plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fengkai was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fengkai's incremental SNDi rose from 3.63 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fengkai ranked 67th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1231st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in China
1283rd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
69th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in China
1231st of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
67th of 133

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
FengkaiBeloretskKandhar

In new street additions, Fengkai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Beloretsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kandhar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fengkai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Beloretsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kandhar became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Fengkai had a more sprawly network than Kandhar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.