Mrauk U in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mrauk U in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mrauk URakhine (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mrauk U plotted against Rakhine and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mrauk U's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mrauk U ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Rakhine and 45th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Myanmar
34th of 113
Rank in Rakhine
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in Myanmar
45th of 113
Rank in Rakhine
2nd of 6

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
Mrauk UPratapgarhSalto

In new street additions, Mrauk U and Salto both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pratapgarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.