Fuguancun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fuguancun in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuguancunGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuguancun plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fuguancun was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Fuguancun's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 3.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuguancun ranked 81st out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1329th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.69
Rank in China
1246th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
66th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in China
1329th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
81st of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuguancunKabirwalaPrabumulih

In new street additions, Fuguancun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kabirwala built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Prabumulih fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Kabirwala and Prabumulih both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuguancun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Fuguancun had a more sprawly network than Kabirwala in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.