Za Lun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Za Lun plotted against Ayeyarwady and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Za Lun 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, Za Lun's incremental SNDi fell from 2.61 to 1.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Za Lun ranked 1st out of 18 cities in Ayeyarwady and 13th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Liuhe, China
• Ravenna, Italy
• Arasikere, India
• Shiroli, India
• Lunavada, India
• Digras, India

In new street additions, Za Lun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liuhe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shiroli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Za Lun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liuhe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shiroli became progressively more disconnected. Za Lun and Liuhe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.