Cam Ranh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cam Ranh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cam Ranh plotted against Khánh Hòa and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Cam Ranh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Khánh Hòa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Cam Ranh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 5.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cam Ranh ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Khánh Hòa and 42nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.43
- Rank in Vietnam
- 88th of 126
- Rank in Khánh Hòa
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.99
- Rank in Vietnam
- 42nd of 126
- Rank in Khánh Hòa
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Asembagus, Indonesia
- Pouss, Cameroon
- Nowshera Virkan, Pakistan
- Shush, Iran
- Meshginshahr, Iran
- Fenggang, China
While Asembagus and Shush both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Cam Ranh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Asembagus and Shush both became progressively more disconnected, while Cam Ranh fluctuated in connectivity. Cam Ranh and Asembagus have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.