Buôn Hồ 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 Buôn Hồ plotted against Đắk Lắk and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Buôn Hồ was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Đắk Lắk which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Buôn Hồ's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buôn Hồ ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Đắk Lắk and 8th 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?

• Zhalainuo'er, China
• Tribeniganj, India
• Shatian, China
• Yegoryevsk, Russia
• Vélingara, Senegal
• Thiruvaiyaru, India

In new street additions, Buôn Hồ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Zhalainuo'er built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Yegoryevsk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Buôn Hồ became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Zhalainuo'er grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Yegoryevsk became progressively more disconnected. Buôn Hồ and Zhalainuo'er have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.