Klaeng in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Klaeng in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Klaeng plotted against Rayong and Thailand. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Klaeng's incremental SNDi rose from 4.98 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Klaeng ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Rayong and 11th out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.29
- Rank in Thailand
- 6th of 54
- Rank in Rayong
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in Thailand
- 11th of 54
- Rank in Rayong
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sapouy, Burkina Faso
- Ekangala, South Africa
- Tômbua, Angola
- Liannan, China
- Quipungo, Angola
- Zhanhuaqu, China
In new street additions, Klaeng built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sapouy fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Liannan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Klaeng became progressively more disconnected, while Sapouy fluctuated in connectivity and Liannan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Klaeng had a more connected network than Liannan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.