Mỹ Tho in context: Street-network sprawl trends

My Tho in context

4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
My ThoTien Giang (Region)Vietnam (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mỹ Tho plotted against Tiền Giang and Vietnam. While Tiền Giang and Vietnam both rose steadily, Mỹ Tho's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Mỹ Tho's incremental SNDi rose from 5.41 to 6.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mỹ Tho ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Tiền Giang and 107th out of 126 in Vietnam as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.08
Rank in Vietnam
108th of 126
Rank in Tiền Giang
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.48
Rank in Vietnam
107th of 126
Rank in Tiền Giang
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
My ThoTamalePortsmouth

In new street additions, Mỹ Tho built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tamale fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Portsmouth built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Mỹ Tho and Tamale both became progressively more disconnected, while Portsmouth grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mỹ Tho and Portsmouth have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.