Phuoc Long 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 Phuoc Long plotted against Bình Phước and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Phuoc Long was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Bình Phước which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Phuoc Long's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phuoc Long ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Bình Phước and 31st out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Warwick, United Kingdom
• Zhapu, China
• Hadero, Ethiopia
• Dongchuan, China
• Lingshui Li Autonomous County, China
• Yuxian, China

In new street additions, Phuoc Long built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Warwick built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dongchuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Phuoc Long became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Warwick became progressively more disconnected and Dongchuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Phuoc Long had a more sprawly network than Warwick in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.