Fuyuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fuyuan in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuyuanYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuyuan plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fuyuan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Fuyuan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.82 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuyuan ranked 56th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 1447th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in China
1040th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
37th of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in China
1447th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
56th of 78

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FuyuanAtsaDong Hoi

In new street additions, Fuyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Atsa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Đồng Hới fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Atsa and Đồng Hới both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuyuan became progressively more connected. Fuyuan and Atsa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.