Pakse in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pakse plotted against Champasak and Laos. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pakse's incremental SNDi rose from 3.8 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pakse ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Champasak and 1st out of 3 in Laos as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Biltine, Chad
• Ajdabiya, Libya
• Anzio, Italy
• Dishna, Egypt
• Uribia, Colombia
• Kasese, Uganda

In new street additions, Pakse fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Biltine built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Dishna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pakse fluctuated in connectivity, while Biltine became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Dishna became progressively more disconnected. Pakse and Biltine have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.