Kawkareik in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kawkareik in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kawkareik plotted against Kayin and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kawkareik's incremental SNDi rose from 3.8 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kawkareik ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Kayin and 83rd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in Myanmar
- 57th of 113
- Rank in Kayin
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.01
- Rank in Myanmar
- 83rd of 113
- Rank in Kayin
- 4th of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Suq Shamar, Yemen
- Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil
- Baihata, India
- Dhemaji, India
- Ozyorsk, Russia
- Vakhsh, Tajikistan
In new street additions, Kawkareik fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Suq Shamar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dhemaji built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kawkareik fluctuated in connectivity, while Suq Shamar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dhemaji became progressively more disconnected. Kawkareik and Dhemaji have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.