Nakhon Ratchasima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nakhon Ratchasima in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nakhon Ratchasima plotted against Thailand. Both Nakhon Ratchasima and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Nakhon Ratchasima's incremental SNDi rose from 5.77 to 6.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nakhon Ratchasima ranked 26th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.55
Rank in Thailand
23rd of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in Thailand
26th of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nakhon RatchasimaUrbancrestAmbikapur

In new street additions, Nakhon Ratchasima built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Urbancrest built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ambikapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nakhon Ratchasima and Ambikapur both became progressively more disconnected, while Urbancrest grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Nakhon Ratchasima and Ambikapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.