Bảo Lộc 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 Bảo Lộc plotted against Lâm Đồng and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Bảo Lộc was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Lâm Đồng which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Bảo Lộc's incremental SNDi rose from 3.93 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bảo Lộc ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Lâm Đồng and 52nd 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?

• Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria
• Shahdadpur, Pakistan
• Tergachi, Uzbekistan
• Hạ Long, Vietnam
• Sennar, Sudan
• Changli, China

In new street additions, Bảo Lộc built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ijero-Ekiti built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hạ Long built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bảo Lộc became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ijero-Ekiti became progressively more disconnected and Hạ Long grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bảo Lộc and Ijero-Ekiti have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.