Cái Dầu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cai Dau in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cai DauAn Giang (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cái Dầu plotted against An Giang and Vietnam. While An Giang and Vietnam both rose steadily, Cái Dầu's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Cái Dầu's incremental SNDi rose from 7.23 to 7.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cái Dầu ranked 4th out of 7 cities in An Giang and 122nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.78
Rank in Vietnam
124th of 126
Rank in An Giang
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.05
Rank in Vietnam
122nd of 126
Rank in An Giang
4th of 7

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
Cai DauAl HalawatChongfu

In new street additions, Cái Dầu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Halawat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Chongfu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cái Dầu and Al Halawat both became progressively more disconnected, while Chongfu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Cái Dầu and Al Halawat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.