Phát Diệm in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Phat Diem in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Phat DiemNinh Binh (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Phát Diệm plotted against Ninh Bình and Vietnam. While Ninh Bình and Vietnam both rose steadily, Phát Diệm's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Phát Diệm's incremental SNDi rose from 5.56 to 5.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phát Diệm ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Ninh Bình and 92nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.74
Rank in Vietnam
98th of 126
Rank in Ninh Bình
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.94
Rank in Vietnam
92nd of 126
Rank in Ninh Bình
2nd of 3

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Phat DiemKaseseDedougou

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