Khon Kaen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khon Kaen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khon Kaen plotted against Thailand. Both Khon Kaen and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Khon Kaen's incremental SNDi rose from 5.79 to 7.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khon Kaen ranked 29th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.17
- Rank in Thailand
- 38th of 54
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.98
- Rank in Thailand
- 29th of 54
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sandila, India
- Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Hindaun, India
- Jinju-si, South Korea
- Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Khon Kaen, Sandila, and Hindaun all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Khon Kaen and Sandila have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.