Chư Sê 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 Chư Sê plotted against Gia Lai and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Chư Sê followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Gia Lai which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Chư Sê's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 5.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chư Sê ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Gia Lai and 43rd 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?

• Barwa Rajapakar, India
• Ngai Giao, Vietnam
• Estância, Brazil
• Rundu, Namibia
• Unaaha, Indonesia
• Farkhor, Tajikistan

In new street additions, Chư Sê fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barwa Rajapakar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Rundu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chư Sê fluctuated in connectivity, while Barwa Rajapakar became progressively more connected and Rundu became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Chư Sê had a more connected network than Barwa Rajapakar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.