Nha Trang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nha Trang in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nha TrangKhanh Hoa (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nha Trang plotted against Khánh Hòa and Vietnam. While Khánh Hòa and Vietnam both rose steadily, Nha Trang's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Nha Trang's incremental SNDi rose from 4.47 to 5.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nha Trang ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Khánh Hòa and 60th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.04
Rank in Vietnam
76th of 126
Rank in Khánh Hòa
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.22
Rank in Vietnam
60th of 126
Rank in Khánh Hòa
2nd of 4

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
Nha TrangHaldwaniPraia Grande

In new street additions, Nha Trang and Praia Grande both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Haldwani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nha Trang and Praia Grande have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.