Saraburi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Saraburi in context

456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaraburiThailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saraburi plotted against Thailand. Both Saraburi and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Saraburi's incremental SNDi rose from 6.93 to 8.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saraburi ranked 51st out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.63
Rank in Thailand
50th of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.64
Rank in Thailand
51st of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SaraburiTatuiKure

In new street additions, Saraburi and Tatuí both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kure built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Saraburi and Tatuí have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.