Laem Chabang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Laem Chabang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laem Chabang plotted against Chon Buri and Thailand. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Laem Chabang's incremental SNDi rose from 5.14 to 6.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laem Chabang ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Chon Buri and 35th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.55
- Rank in Thailand
- 24th of 54
- Rank in Chon Buri
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.29
- Rank in Thailand
- 35th of 54
- Rank in Chon Buri
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Laem Chabang built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pau built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Xiayi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Laem Chabang and Pau both became progressively more disconnected, while Xiayi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Laem Chabang and Pau have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.