Fengshun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fengshun in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengshunGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fengshun plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fengshun's incremental SNDi rose from 5.66 to 6.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fengshun ranked 126th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1803rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.52
Rank in China
1768th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
119th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.42
Rank in China
1803rd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
126th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengshunTongrenChengguan

In new street additions, Fengshun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tongren built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chengguan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Fengshun fluctuated in connectivity, while Tongren became progressively more disconnected and Chengguan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Fengshun and Tongren have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.