Battambang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Battambang in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BattambangBatdambang (Region)Cambodia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Battambang plotted against Batdâmbâng and Cambodia. While Batdâmbâng and Cambodia both rose steadily, Battambang's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Battambang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.89 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Battambang ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Batdâmbâng and 3rd out of 12 in Cambodia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in Cambodia
5th of 12
Rank in Batdâmbâng
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Cambodia
3rd of 12
Rank in Batdâmbâng
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BattambangBukanXin An

In new street additions, Battambang and Bukan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 新垵 built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Battambang and Bukan both became progressively more disconnected, while 新垵 became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Battambang had a more connected network than 新垵 in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.