Songkhla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Songkhla in context

5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SongkhlaThailand (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Songkhla plotted against Thailand. Both Songkhla and Thailand follow the same trend. Most recently, Songkhla's incremental SNDi rose from 5.63 to 7.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Songkhla ranked 32nd out of 54 in Thailand as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.01
Rank in Thailand
36th of 54

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.15
Rank in Thailand
32nd of 54

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SongkhlaSambrialSanta Cruz

Songkhla, Sambrial, and Santa Cruz all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Songkhla had a more sprawly network than Santa Cruz in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.