Matale in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Matale in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MataleSri Lanka (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Matale plotted against Sri Lanka. Both Matale and Sri Lanka follow the same trend. Most recently, Matale's incremental SNDi rose from 4.45 to 6.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matale ranked 11th out of 21 in Sri Lanka as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.35
Rank in Sri Lanka
11th of 21

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.77
Rank in Sri Lanka
11th of 21

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MataleNedjoWenchengzhen

While Nedjo and Wenchengzhen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Matale built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Matale and Nedjo both became progressively more disconnected, while Wenchengzhen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Matale had a more connected network than Wenchengzhen in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.