Fenshui in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fenshui in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FenshuiZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fenshui plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Fenshui rose steadily, compared to Zhejiang which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fenshui's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fenshui ranked 70th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1093rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in China
1150th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
74th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.09
Rank in China
1093rd of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
70th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FenshuiConcepcion del UruguaySathiya

Fenshui, Concepción del Uruguay, and Sathiya all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Fenshui and Concepción del Uruguay have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.