Hpakant in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hpakant in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HpakantKachin (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hpakant plotted against Kachin and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Hpakant 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, Hpakant's incremental SNDi rose from 4.03 to 6.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hpakant ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Kachin and 91st out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.45
Rank in Myanmar
86th of 113
Rank in Kachin
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in Myanmar
91st of 113
Rank in Kachin
4th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HpakantMandyaNangang Industrial Zone

In new street additions, Hpakant and Mandya both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nangang Industrial Zone built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hpakant and Mandya both became progressively more disconnected, while Nangang Industrial Zone became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Hpakant had a more connected network than Nangang Industrial Zone in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.