Pattaya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pattaya in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PattayaChon Buri (Region)Thailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pattaya plotted against Chon Buri and Thailand. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pattaya's incremental SNDi rose from 5.51 to 6.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pattaya ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Chon Buri and 34th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in Thailand
16th of 54
Rank in Chon Buri
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.29
Rank in Thailand
34th of 54
Rank in Chon Buri
1st of 4

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
PattayaKabindaHadejia

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