Fangxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fangxian 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
FangxianHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fangxian plotted against Hubei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fangxian peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hubei which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fangxian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fangxian ranked 34th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 863rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in China
1087th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
48th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in China
863rd of 1843
Rank in Hubei
34th of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FangxianChirchiqShanyang

In new street additions, Fangxian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chirchiq built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shanyang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Fangxian and Chirchiq both became progressively more disconnected, while Shanyang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.