Pyin Oo Lwin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pyin Oo Lwin in context

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pyin Oo LwinMandalay (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pyin Oo Lwin plotted against Mandalay and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pyin Oo Lwin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 1.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pyin Oo Lwin ranked 2nd out of 10 cities in Mandalay and 4th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in Myanmar
4th of 113
Rank in Mandalay
1st of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Myanmar
4th of 113
Rank in Mandalay
2nd of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pyin Oo LwinGeorgeDolopo

In new street additions, Pyin Oo Lwin and Dolopo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while George built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, George and Dolopo both became progressively more disconnected, while Pyin Oo Lwin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Pyin Oo Lwin and George have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.