Fenghua District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fenghua District in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fenghua DistrictZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fenghua District plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fenghua District's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fenghua District ranked 7th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 207th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in China
321st of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
16th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in China
207th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
7th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fenghua DistrictPalmiraJaingbian

In new street additions, Fenghua District and Palmira both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jaingbian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Fenghua District fluctuated in connectivity, while Palmira became progressively more disconnected and Jaingbian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Fenghua District and Palmira have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.