Fanling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fanling in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanlingNorth (Region)Hong Kong (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fanling plotted against North and Hong Kong. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fanling's incremental SNDi rose from 4.64 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fanling ranked 1st out of 1 cities in North and 3rd out of 6 in Hong Kong as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Hong Kong
5th of 6
Rank in North
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Hong Kong
3rd of 6
Rank in North
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FanlingXichangMorogoro

In new street additions, Fanling and Morogoro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xichang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Fanling and Morogoro both became progressively more disconnected, while Xichang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.