Fuyang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fuyang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuyang plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fuyang's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuyang ranked 91st out of 116 cities in Zhejiang as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 94th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.93
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 91st of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chenzhou, China
- Cheonan-si, South Korea
- Palakkad, India
- Songzhuang, China
- Mazatlán, México
- Bhilwara, India
In new street additions, Fuyang and Chenzhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Songzhuang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Fuyang fluctuated in connectivity, while Chenzhou became progressively more disconnected and Songzhuang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Fuyang and Songzhuang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.