Myawaddy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Myawaddy in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MyawaddyKayin (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Myawaddy plotted against Kayin and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Myawaddy peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Kayin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Myawaddy's incremental SNDi fell from 4.0 to 3.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Myawaddy ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Kayin and 79th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in Myanmar
30th of 113
Rank in Kayin
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Myanmar
79th of 113
Rank in Kayin
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MyawaddySahagunTadipatri

In new street additions, Myawaddy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sahagún fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tadipatri built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Sahagún and Tadipatri both became progressively more disconnected, while Myawaddy grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Myawaddy and Tadipatri have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.