Fengqing County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fengqing County in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fengqing CountyYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fengqing County plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fengqing County peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Yunnan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fengqing County's incremental SNDi fell from 2.94 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fengqing County ranked 40th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 993rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in China
157th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
6th of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in China
993rd of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
40th of 78

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fengqing CountyYatsushiroSan Andres Tuxtla

In new street additions, Fengqing County and Yatsushiro both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while San Andrés Tuxtla built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fengqing County and Yatsushiro both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while San Andrés Tuxtla became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Fengqing County had a more sprawly network than San Andrés Tuxtla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.