Shwegu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shwegu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shwegu plotted against Kachin and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Shwegu peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Shwegu's incremental SNDi fell from 5.36 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shwegu ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Kachin and 100th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in Myanmar
- 65th of 113
- Rank in Kachin
- 4th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.75
- Rank in Myanmar
- 100th of 113
- Rank in Kachin
- 6th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shwegu and Keshan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xinhuang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shwegu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Keshan became progressively more disconnected and Xinhuang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Shwegu and Xinhuang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.