Melton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Melton in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeltonVictoria (Region)Australia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Melton plotted against Victoria and Australia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Melton's incremental SNDi fell from 4.33 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Melton ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Victoria and 24th out of 35 in Australia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Australia
15th of 35
Rank in Victoria
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Australia
24th of 35
Rank in Victoria
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeltonMarivelesFolkestone

In new street additions, Melton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mariveles built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Folkestone built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Mariveles and Folkestone both became progressively more disconnected, while Melton grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Melton and Mariveles have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.