Bhamo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bhamo in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BhamoKachin (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhamo plotted against Kachin and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Bhamo rose steadily, compared to Kachin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bhamo's incremental SNDi rose from 6.1 to 6.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhamo ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Kachin and 94th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.7
Rank in Myanmar
89th of 113
Rank in Kachin
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.45
Rank in Myanmar
94th of 113
Rank in Kachin
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BhamoOmoHoeryong

While Omo and Hoeryong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bhamo built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Bhamo and Omo both became progressively more disconnected, while Hoeryong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bhamo and Omo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.