Feicheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Feicheng in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FeichengShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Feicheng plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Feicheng peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Feicheng's incremental SNDi fell from 4.96 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Feicheng ranked 123rd out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1796th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in China
1163rd of 1843
Rank in Shandong
99th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.2
Rank in China
1796th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
123rd of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FeichengSinnurisBertoua

In new street additions, Feicheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sinnuris built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bertoua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Sinnuris and Bertoua both became progressively more disconnected, while Feicheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Feicheng and Sinnuris have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.