Nyaung-U in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nyaung-U in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nyaung-UMandalay (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nyaung-U plotted against Mandalay and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Nyaung-U rose steadily, compared to Mandalay which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nyaung-U's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nyaung-U ranked 4th out of 10 cities in Mandalay and 29th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in Myanmar
45th of 113
Rank in Mandalay
8th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in Myanmar
29th of 113
Rank in Mandalay
4th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nyaung-UTurbacoMopti

In new street additions, Nyaung-U and Mopti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Turbaco fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Nyaung-U had a more sprawly network than Turbaco in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.