Thayarwady in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Thayarwady in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thayarwady plotted against Bago and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Thayarwady's incremental SNDi rose from 3.56 to 4.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thayarwady ranked 9th out of 13 cities in Bago and 69th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.76
- Rank in Myanmar
- 71st of 113
- Rank in Bago
- 7th of 13
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.59
- Rank in Myanmar
- 69th of 113
- Rank in Bago
- 9th of 13
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Minhou, China
- Malanville, Benin
- Guarapari, Brazil
- Wa, Ghana
- Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, China
- Sidiangkat, Indonesia
In new street additions, Thayarwady fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Minhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Wa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Thayarwady and Minhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.