Loei in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Loei in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LoeiThailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Loei plotted against Thailand. Both Loei and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Loei's incremental SNDi rose from 4.16 to 5.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Loei ranked 3rd out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.21
Rank in Thailand
5th of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in Thailand
3rd of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LoeiPebaneBrabanta

While Pebane and Brabanta both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Loei built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pebane and Brabanta both fluctuated in connectivity, while Loei became progressively more disconnected. Loei and Pebane have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.