Huế in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hue in context

44.555.56<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.555.56<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HueThua Thien Hue (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huế plotted against Thừa Thiên Huế and Vietnam. The SNDi of new construction in Huế peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Thừa Thiên Huế which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Vietnam which rose steadily. Most recently, Huế's incremental SNDi fell from 4.92 to 4.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huế ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Thừa Thiên Huế and 82nd out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.47
Rank in Vietnam
55th of 126
Rank in Thừa Thiên Huế
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in Vietnam
82nd of 126
Rank in Thừa Thiên Huế
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HueStrasbourgSaharsa

In new street additions, Huế built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Strasbourg fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Saharsa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Strasbourg and Saharsa both became progressively more disconnected, while Huế grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Huế had a more connected network than Saharsa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.