小名浜愛宕上 in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xiao Ming Bang Ai Dang Shang in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xiao Ming Bang Ai Dang Shang Fukushima (Region)Japan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 小名浜愛宕上 plotted against Fukushima and Japan. The SNDi of new construction in 小名浜愛宕上 peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Fukushima which peaked in 1976-1990 and Japan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 小名浜愛宕上's incremental SNDi fell from 3.79 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 小名浜愛宕上 ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Fukushima and 129th out of 135 in Japan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in Japan
111th of 135
Rank in Fukushima
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in Japan
129th of 135
Rank in Fukushima
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xiao Ming Bang Ai Dang Shang NkongsambaXuyi County

In new street additions, 小名浜愛宕上 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nkongsamba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xuyi County built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, 小名浜愛宕上 and Nkongsamba both became progressively more disconnected, while Xuyi County became progressively more connected. 小名浜愛宕上 and Nkongsamba have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.