Mengyin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mengyin in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MengyinShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mengyin plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mengyin's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mengyin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mengyin ranked 90th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 910th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in China
963rd of 1843
Rank in Shandong
89th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in China
910th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
90th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MengyinZhongweiGolcuk

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