Lufeng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lufeng in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LufengYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lufeng plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lufeng 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, Lufeng's incremental SNDi fell from 2.34 to 1.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lufeng ranked 8th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 311th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in China
130th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
5th of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in China
311th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
8th of 78

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
LufengBhanguraNanpu

In new street additions, Lufeng and Nanpu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bhangura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lufeng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bhangura became progressively more disconnected and Nanpu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lufeng and Bhangura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.