Meilong Town: city in Guangdong, China
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Meilong Town, China on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Meilong Town as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.29, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, 2.88, 0.41 and 4.31. Data was not available in 1975.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Meilong Town spans a total of 32 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, 2.88, 2.18 and 2.29. Data was not available in 1975.
Meilong Town and Guangdong do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Guangdong was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Meilong Town fare in comparison to others in Guangdong? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Meilong Town was the 16th-most disconnected out of the 109 cities in Guangdong. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Guangdong, street construction in Meilong Town has become more disconnected. Meilong Town ranked 33rd in 1976-1990, 72nd in 1991-2000 and 16th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Meilong Town and China do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in China followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
How do development practices in Meilong Town fare in comparison to others in China? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Meilong Town was the 160th-most disconnected out of the 1651 cities in China. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in China, street construction in Meilong Town has become more disconnected. Meilong Town ranked 343rd in 1976-1990, 976th in 1991-2000 and 160th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Meilong Town and Guangdong do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Guangdong was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
To date, Meilong Town is the 47th-most disconnected out of the 109 cities in Guangdong. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Guangdong, the street network in Meilong Town has become more connected. Meilong Town ranked 34th in 1976-1990, 47th in 1991-2000 and 47th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Meilong Town and China do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in China peaked in 1976-1990.
To date, Meilong Town is the 578th-most disconnected out of the 1651 cities in China. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in China, the street network in Meilong Town has become more connected. Meilong Town ranked 326th in 1976-1990, 579th in 1991-2000 and 578th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Meilong Town had a built-up area of 2.78 square kilometers, and a population of 60336 people.
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