Phước An in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Phuoc An in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Phuoc AnDak Lak (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phước An plotted against Đắk Lắk and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Phước An was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Đắk Lắk which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Phước An's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phước An ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Đắk Lắk and 13th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in Vietnam
29th of 126
Rank in Đắk Lắk
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Vietnam
13th of 126
Rank in Đắk Lắk
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Phuoc AnTongxuFengning

In new street additions, Phước An and Tongxu both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Fengning built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Phước An and Tongxu both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Fengning grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Phước An and Tongxu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.