Fengjing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fengjing in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengjingShanghai (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fengjing plotted against Shanghai and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fengjing followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Shanghai which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fengjing's incremental SNDi fell from 3.53 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fengjing ranked 3rd out of 11 cities in Shanghai and 1009th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in China
685th of 1843
Rank in Shanghai
3rd of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in China
1009th of 1843
Rank in Shanghai
3rd of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FengjingModnipurNgabang

In new street additions, Fengjing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Modnipur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ngabang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Fengjing fluctuated in connectivity, while Modnipur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Ngabang became progressively more disconnected. Fengjing and Ngabang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.