Meizhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Meizhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meizhou plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Meizhou rose steadily, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Meizhou's incremental SNDi rose from 9.32 to 9.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meizhou ranked 133rd out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1840th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.56
- Rank in China
- 1825th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 129th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.96
- Rank in China
- 1840th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 133rd of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mykolaiv, Ukraine
- Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
- Kediri, Indonesia
- Yuncheng, China
- Bajitpur, Bangladesh
- Tamale, Ghana
In new street additions, Meizhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mykolaiv fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yuncheng built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Meizhou and Mykolaiv both became progressively more disconnected, while Yuncheng became progressively more connected. Meizhou and Yuncheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.