Lamphun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lamphun in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LamphunThailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lamphun plotted against Thailand. Both Lamphun and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Lamphun's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 5.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lamphun ranked 8th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.18
Rank in Thailand
4th of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in Thailand
8th of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LamphunCuarteria El UnoPhulparas

In new street additions, Lamphun and Phulparas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cuartería El Uno built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Lamphun had a more connected network than Phulparas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.