Đức Hòa 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 Đức Hòa plotted against Long An and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Đức Hòa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Long An which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Đức Hòa's incremental SNDi fell from 5.12 to 4.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Đức Hòa ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Long An and 95th 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?

• Arapongas, Brazil
• Phaltan, India
• Hassi Bahbah, Algeria
• Putrajaya, Malaysia
• Miyakonojo, Japan
• Winterthur, Switzerland

In new street additions, Đức Hòa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arapongas built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Putrajaya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Đức Hòa fluctuated in connectivity, while Arapongas became progressively more disconnected and Putrajaya became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Đức Hòa and Putrajaya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.