Thanbyuzayat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Thanbyuzayat in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThanbyuzayatMon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thanbyuzayat plotted against Mon and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Thanbyuzayat was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Mon which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Thanbyuzayat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 3.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thanbyuzayat ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Mon and 68th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in Myanmar
36th of 113
Rank in Mon
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.58
Rank in Myanmar
68th of 113
Rank in Mon
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThanbyuzayatGabuYork

In new street additions, Thanbyuzayat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Gabu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and York fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Gabu and York both became progressively more disconnected, while Thanbyuzayat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Thanbyuzayat and Gabu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.