Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm 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 Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm plotted against Ninh Thuận and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Ninh Thuận which peaked in 1976-1990 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm's incremental SNDi fell from 4.25 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Ninh Thuận and 58th 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?

• Wenlan, China
• Renukoot, India
• Miryalaguda, India
• Xinshi, China
• Mahmudabad, India
• Golaghat, India

In new street additions, Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wenlan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Xinshi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wenlan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Xinshi fluctuated in connectivity.