Fukang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fukang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fukang plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fukang fell steadily, compared to Xinjiang Uygur which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fukang's incremental SNDi fell from 2.12 to 1.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fukang ranked 5th out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 309th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.2
- Rank in China
- 26th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 2nd of 31
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.15
- Rank in China
- 309th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 5th of 31
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Anthoor, India
- Warisaliganj, India
- Fidimin, Egypt
- Jalalabad, India
- Aungpan, Myanmar
- Sujanagar, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Fukang built increasingly connected streets over time, while Anthoor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jalalabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fukang became progressively more connected, while Anthoor became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Jalalabad became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Fukang had a more sprawly network than Jalalabad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.