Mawlamyine in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mawlamyine in context

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MawlamyineMon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mawlamyine plotted against Mon and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mawlamyine's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 3.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mawlamyine ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Mon and 38th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Myanmar
43rd of 113
Rank in Mon
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Myanmar
38th of 113
Rank in Mon
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MawlamyineSamalutSuining

In new street additions, Mawlamyine and Samalut both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Suining built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mawlamyine fluctuated in connectivity, while Samalut became progressively more disconnected and Suining became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mawlamyine and Suining have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.