Kyaikto in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kyaikto in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyaikto plotted against Mon and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kyaikto's incremental SNDi rose from 4.0 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyaikto ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Mon and 72nd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in Myanmar
- 78th of 113
- Rank in Mon
- 4th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.78
- Rank in Myanmar
- 72nd of 113
- Rank in Mon
- 6th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Markapur, India
- Elgin, United States
- Tongcheng, China
- Belsand, India
- Luxi, China
- Al Aamerah, United Arab Emirates
In new street additions, Kyaikto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Markapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Belsand fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kyaikto became progressively more disconnected, while Markapur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Belsand became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Kyaikto and Markapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.