Đăk Mil 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 Đăk Mil plotted against Đắk Nông and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Đăk Mil was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Đắk Nông which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Đăk Mil's incremental SNDi rose from 4.08 to 6.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Đăk Mil ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Đắk Nông and 71st 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?

• Umm al-Fahm, Israel
• Hinckley, United Kingdom
• Gursarai, India
• Sherpao, Pakistan
• Prokhladny, Russia
• Kafr Yasif, Israel

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