Đông Hưng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dong Hung in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dong HungThai Binh (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Đông Hưng plotted against Thái Bình and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Đông Hưng peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Thái Bình which peaked in 1991-2005 and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Đông Hưng's incremental SNDi fell from 4.83 to 3.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Đông Hưng ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Thái Bình and 72nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in Vietnam
31st of 126
Rank in Thái Bình
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in Vietnam
72nd of 126
Rank in Thái Bình
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dong HungVenado TuertoRouthkhai

In new street additions, Đông Hưng and Routhkhai both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Venado Tuerto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Đông Hưng and Routhkhai both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Venado Tuerto became progressively more disconnected. Đông Hưng and Routhkhai have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.