Letpadan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Letpadan in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LetpadanBago (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Letpadan plotted against Bago and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Letpadan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bago which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Letpadan's incremental SNDi fell from 5.3 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Letpadan ranked 12th out of 13 cities in Bago and 90th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in Myanmar
25th of 113
Rank in Bago
3rd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in Myanmar
90th of 113
Rank in Bago
12th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LetpadanSan RafaelAndkhoy

In new street additions, Letpadan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Rafael fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Andkhoy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Letpadan fluctuated in connectivity, while San Rafael fluctuated in connectivity and Andkhoy grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Letpadan and Andkhoy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.