Trang Bang 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 Trang Bang plotted against Tây Ninh and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Trang Bang was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Tây Ninh which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Trang Bang's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 5.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Trang Bang ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Tây Ninh and 63rd 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?

• Osnabrück, Germany
• Shishou, China
• Sahaswan, India
• Girishk, Afghanistan
• Delicias, México
• Vyara, India

While Osnabrück and Girishk both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Trang Bang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Trang Bang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Osnabrück became progressively more disconnected and Girishk fluctuated in connectivity.