Nakhon Si Thammarat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nakhon Si Thammarat in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nakhon Si Thammarat plotted against Thailand. Both Nakhon Si Thammarat and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Nakhon Si Thammarat's incremental SNDi rose from 5.49 to 6.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nakhon Si Thammarat ranked 23rd out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.65
Rank in Thailand
27th of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in Thailand
23rd of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nakhon Si ThammaratGhafurovPandharpur

In new street additions, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Pandharpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ghafurov built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Pandharpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Ghafurov grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Nakhon Si Thammarat had a more connected network than Ghafurov in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.