Funing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Funing 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
FuningJiangsu (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Funing plotted against Jiangsu and China. While Jiangsu and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Funing's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Funing's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Funing ranked 21st out of 101 cities in Jiangsu as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Jiangsu
33rd of 101

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Jiangsu
21st of 101

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuningSumyEl Jadida

In new street additions, Funing and El Jadida both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sumy built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Funing had a more connected network than Sumy in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.