Gia Kiệm in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gia Kiem in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gia Kiệm plotted against Đồng Nai and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Gia Kiệm was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Đồng Nai which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Gia Kiệm's incremental SNDi rose from 4.33 to 6.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gia Kiệm ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Đồng Nai and 103rd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.24
- Rank in Vietnam
- 114th of 126
- Rank in Đồng Nai
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in Vietnam
- 103rd of 126
- Rank in Đồng Nai
- 6th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ambovombe, Madagascar
- Bandırma, Turkey
- Cangxi County, China
- Keshod, India
- Hitachinaka, Japan
- Xixia, China
In new street additions, Gia Kiệm and Keshod both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ambovombe built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gia Kiệm and Keshod both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ambovombe became progressively more disconnected. Gia Kiệm and Keshod have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.