Echizen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Echizen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Echizen plotted against Fukui and Japan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Echizen's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Echizen ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Fukui and 28th out of 135 in Japan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.32
- Rank in Japan
- 49th of 135
- Rank in Fukui
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Japan
- 28th of 135
- Rank in Fukui
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- 香班哈日根牧场, China
- Phatthalung, Thailand
- Jingyang, China
- WenJiancun, China
- Talesh, Iran
- Chengannur, India
In new street additions, Echizen and 香班哈日根牧场 both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while WenJiancun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Echizen fluctuated in connectivity, while 香班哈日根牧场 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and WenJiancun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.