Meilong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Meilong in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeilongGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meilong plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Meilong's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 4.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meilong ranked 97th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1558th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.22
Rank in China
1470th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
85th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in China
1558th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
97th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeilongNyaunglebinZhaozhou

In new street additions, Meilong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nyaunglebin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zhaozhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Meilong fluctuated in connectivity, while Nyaunglebin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zhaozhou became progressively more disconnected. Meilong and Nyaunglebin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.