Phú Cường in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Phu Cuong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phú Cường plotted against Đồng Nai and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Phú Cường was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Đồng Nai which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Phú Cường's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 4.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phú Cường ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Đồng Nai and 46th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.45
- Rank in Vietnam
- 54th of 126
- Rank in Đồng Nai
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.03
- Rank in Vietnam
- 46th of 126
- Rank in Đồng Nai
- 1st of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nsioni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Pandharkawada, India
- Thohoyandou, South Africa
- Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
- Nookat, Kyrgyzstan
- Paikar, India
In new street additions, Phú Cường and Nsioni both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Jastrzębie-Zdrój built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Phú Cường and Nsioni both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Jastrzębie-Zdrój became progressively more disconnected. Phú Cường and Nsioni have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.