Tailândia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tailandia in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TailandiaPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tailândia plotted against Pará and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Tailândia peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Pará which peaked in 1976-1990 and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tailândia's incremental SNDi fell from 1.68 to 1.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tailândia ranked 2nd out of 16 cities in Pará and 52nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.63
Rank in Brazil
15th of 365
Rank in Pará
2nd of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.63
Rank in Brazil
52nd of 365
Rank in Pará
2nd of 16

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
TailandiaEncinitasRatchaburi

In new street additions, Tailândia and Ratchaburi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Encinitas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.