Ban Phaeo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ban Phaeo plotted against Samut Sakhon and Thailand. The SNDi of new construction in Ban Phaeo was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Samut Sakhon which rose steadily and Thailand which rose steadily. Most recently, Ban Phaeo's incremental SNDi rose from 6.75 to 8.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ban Phaeo ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Samut Sakhon and 53rd out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Dogondoutchi, Niger
• Haurgeulis, Indonesia
• Iranshahr, Iran
• Panna, India
• Muroran, Japan
• Dambatta, Nigeria

While Dogondoutchi and Panna both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Ban Phaeo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Ban Phaeo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dogondoutchi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Panna became progressively more disconnected.