Futang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Futang in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FutangHunan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Futang plotted against Hunan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Futang followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Hunan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Futang's incremental SNDi fell from 2.48 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Futang ranked 14th out of 89 cities in Hunan and 304th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in China
339th of 1843
Rank in Hunan
22nd of 89

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in China
304th of 1843
Rank in Hunan
14th of 89

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FutangMarinBouskoura

In new street additions, Futang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Marín fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bouskoura built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Futang fluctuated in connectivity, while Marín became progressively more disconnected and Bouskoura became progressively more connected. Futang and Marín have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.