Fangcheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fangcheng in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fangcheng plotted against Henan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fangcheng peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Henan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fangcheng's incremental SNDi fell from 2.28 to 1.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fangcheng ranked 33rd out of 129 cities in Henan and 205th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.97
- Rank in China
- 233rd of 1843
- Rank in Henan
- 30th of 129
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.95
- Rank in China
- 205th of 1843
- Rank in Henan
- 33rd of 129
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Fangcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Al-Hirah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Paliganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Fangcheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Al-Hirah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Paliganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Fangcheng and Al-Hirah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.