Kyaung Kone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyaung Kone in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kyaung KoneAyeyarwady (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyaung Kone plotted against Ayeyarwady and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Kyaung Kone peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ayeyarwady which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kyaung Kone's incremental SNDi fell from 4.32 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyaung Kone ranked 9th out of 18 cities in Ayeyarwady and 88th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Myanmar
33rd of 113
Rank in Ayeyarwady
5th of 18

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in Myanmar
88th of 113
Rank in Ayeyarwady
9th of 18

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kyaung KoneLowianGueckedou

In new street additions, Kyaung Kone and Lowian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Guéckédou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Lowian and Guéckédou both became progressively more disconnected, while Kyaung Kone grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.