Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] in context

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
Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw]Naypyitaw (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] plotted against Naypyitaw and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Naypyitaw which peaked in 1991-2005 and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw]'s incremental SNDi fell from 3.3 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Naypyitaw and 32nd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Myanmar
12th of 113
Rank in Naypyitaw
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Myanmar
32nd of 113
Rank in Naypyitaw
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw]XingpingManono

In new street additions, Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] and Manono both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xingping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Xingping and Manono both became progressively more disconnected, while Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Pyinmana [Nay Pyi Taw] and Xingping have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.