Fuping County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fuping County in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuping County plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fuping County 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, Fuping County's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 2.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuping County ranked 4th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 209th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in China
267th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
6th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in China
209th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
4th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fuping CountyPangkajeneNguzu Edda

While Pangkajene and Nguzu Edda both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Fuping County built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pangkajene and Nguzu Edda both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuping County became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Fuping County and Pangkajene have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.