Hồng Ngự in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hong Ngu in context

4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hong NguDong Thap (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hồng Ngự plotted against Đồng Tháp and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Hồng Ngự peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Đồng Tháp which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Hồng Ngự's incremental SNDi fell from 7.43 to 5.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hồng Ngự ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Đồng Tháp and 120th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.6
Rank in Vietnam
95th of 126
Rank in Đồng Tháp
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.4
Rank in Vietnam
120th of 126
Rank in Đồng Tháp
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hong NguYuchengMadinat Lab'us

In new street additions, Hồng Ngự built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yucheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Madinat Lab'ūs built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hồng Ngự grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yucheng became progressively more disconnected and Madinat Lab'ūs became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Hồng Ngự and Yucheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.