Pathein in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pathein in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pathein plotted against Ayeyarwady and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Pathein rose steadily, 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, Pathein's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 5.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pathein ranked 10th out of 18 cities in Ayeyarwady and 89th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.28
- Rank in Myanmar
- 79th of 113
- Rank in Ayeyarwady
- 11th of 18
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in Myanmar
- 89th of 113
- Rank in Ayeyarwady
- 10th of 18
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Pathein built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Acheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ningguo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.