Maha Sarakham in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maha Sarakham in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Maha SarakhamThailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maha Sarakham plotted against Thailand. Both Maha Sarakham and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Maha Sarakham's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 5.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maha Sarakham ranked 14th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.15
Rank in Thailand
3rd of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in Thailand
14th 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
Maha SarakhamAguieSui

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