Hải Dương in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hai Duong in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hai DuongVietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hải Dương plotted against Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Hải Dương peaked in 1991-2005, while Vietnam rose steadily. Most recently, Hải Dương's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 2.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hải Dương ranked 50th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Vietnam
11th of 126

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in Vietnam
50th of 126

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hai DuongKhorramabadBratislava

While Khorramabad and Bratislava both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hải Dương built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Khorramabad and Bratislava both became progressively more disconnected, while Hải Dương grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Hải Dương and Khorramabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.