Van Gia Town in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Van Gia Town in context

44.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Van Gia TownKhanh Hoa (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Van Gia Town plotted against Khánh Hòa and Vietnam. While Khánh Hòa and Vietnam both rose steadily, Van Gia Town's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Van Gia Town's incremental SNDi rose from 4.38 to 6.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Van Gia Town ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Khánh Hòa and 62nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.04
Rank in Vietnam
106th of 126
Rank in Khánh Hòa
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in Vietnam
62nd of 126
Rank in Khánh Hòa
3rd 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
Van Gia TownZrenjaninSarawa

In new street additions, Van Gia Town and Sarawa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zrenjanin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Van Gia Town and Zrenjanin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.