Fengcheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fengcheng in context

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengchengLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fengcheng plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fengcheng peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Liaoning which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fengcheng's incremental SNDi fell from 4.41 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fengcheng ranked 42nd out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 1074th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in China
1422nd of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
46th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in China
1074th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
42nd of 61

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengchengReimsIndaiatuba

In new street additions, Fengcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Reims built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Indaiatuba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Fengcheng had a more connected network than Reims in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.