Fangcheng District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fangcheng District in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fangcheng DistrictGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fangcheng District plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fangcheng District rose steadily, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fangcheng District's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fangcheng District ranked 12th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 614th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in China
1495th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
45th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in China
614th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
12th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fangcheng DistrictSircillaEscuintla

In new street additions, Fangcheng District and Escuintla both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sircilla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fangcheng District and Escuintla both became progressively more disconnected, while Sircilla fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Fangcheng District had a more connected network than Sircilla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.