Danfeng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Danfeng in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Danfeng plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Danfeng was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Danfeng's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Danfeng ranked 16th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 490th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in China
622nd of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
22nd of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in China
490th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
16th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanfengLabuan BajoHuimin

Danfeng, Labuan Bajo, and Huimin all built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Danfeng and Huimin both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Labuan Bajo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Danfeng had a more connected network than Huimin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.