Fenxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fenxi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fenxi plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fenxi rose steadily, compared to Shanxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fenxi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 5.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fenxi ranked 70th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1563rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.68
- Rank in China
- 1722nd of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 76th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.05
- Rank in China
- 1563rd of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 70th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Figuil, Cameroon
- Parangipettai, India
- Meaux, France
- Hanford, United States
- Rasulpur, India
- Hiranpur, India
In new street additions, Fenxi and Hanford both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Figuil built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Fenxi had a more connected network than Figuil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.