Fugou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fugou plotted against Henan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fugou peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Henan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fugou's incremental SNDi fell from 3.02 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fugou ranked 110th out of 129 cities in Henan and 1187th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Patharhat, India
• Puqian, China
• Lianping, China
• Bhangura, Bangladesh
• Lufeng, China
• Nanpu, China

In new street additions, Fugou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Patharhat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bhangura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fugou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Patharhat fluctuated in connectivity and Bhangura became progressively more disconnected. Fugou and Bhangura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.