Fuji in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fuji in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuji plotted against Shizuoka and Japan. The SNDi of new construction in Fuji rose steadily, compared to Shizuoka which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Japan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fuji's incremental SNDi rose from 3.45 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuji ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Shizuoka and 117th out of 135 in Japan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.65
- Rank in Japan
- 105th of 135
- Rank in Shizuoka
- 3rd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.95
- Rank in Japan
- 117th of 135
- Rank in Shizuoka
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Fuji built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Anlu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dairut built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Fuji became progressively more disconnected, while Anlu fluctuated in connectivity and Dairut became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Fuji and Dairut have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.