Fanjiatun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fanjiatun in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanjiatunJilin (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fanjiatun plotted against Jilin and China. While Jilin and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Fanjiatun's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fanjiatun's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fanjiatun ranked 21st out of 47 cities in Jilin and 634th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in China
603rd of 1843
Rank in Jilin
17th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in China
634th of 1843
Rank in Jilin
21st of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanjiatunKhopoliHoechang

In new street additions, Fanjiatun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Khopoli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hoechang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Fanjiatun fluctuated in connectivity, while Khopoli became progressively more disconnected and Hoechang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Fanjiatun and Khopoli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.