Sittwe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sittwe in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SittweRakhine (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sittwe plotted against Rakhine and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Sittwe rose steadily, compared to Rakhine which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sittwe's incremental SNDi rose from 5.92 to 9.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sittwe ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Rakhine and 108th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.76
Rank in Myanmar
106th of 113
Rank in Rakhine
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.98
Rank in Myanmar
108th of 113
Rank in Rakhine
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SittweDoncasterHeemskerk

In new street additions, Sittwe and Doncaster both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Heemskerk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sittwe and Doncaster both became progressively more disconnected, while Heemskerk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Sittwe and Doncaster have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.