Choeng Thale in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Choeng Thale in context

5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Choeng ThalePhuket (Region)Thailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Choeng Thale plotted against Phuket and Thailand. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Choeng Thale's incremental SNDi rose from 6.17 to 6.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Choeng Thale ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Phuket and 48th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.72
Rank in Thailand
29th of 54
Rank in Phuket
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.19
Rank in Thailand
48th of 54
Rank in Phuket
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Choeng ThaleRutengOrsk

In new street additions, Choeng Thale built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ruteng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Orsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Choeng Thale and Ruteng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.