Pakokku in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pakokku in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakokkuMagway (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pakokku plotted against Magway and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Pakokku rose steadily, compared to Magway which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pakokku's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pakokku ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Magway and 11th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in Myanmar
31st of 113
Rank in Magway
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Myanmar
11th of 113
Rank in Magway
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakokkuPakdashtChikhli

In new street additions, Pakokku and Chikhli both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pakdasht fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pakokku and Chikhli both became progressively more disconnected, while Pakdasht became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Pakokku had a more sprawly network than Chikhli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.