Furong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Furong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Furong plotted against Jiangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Furong peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Jiangxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Furong's incremental SNDi fell from 4.11 to 2.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Furong ranked 62nd out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 1180th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.01
- Rank in China
- 249th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangxi
- 12th of 82
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.2
- Rank in China
- 1180th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangxi
- 62nd of 82
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Furong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chirimiri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ailliet fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Furong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chirimiri fluctuated in connectivity and Ailliet fluctuated in connectivity.