Taungup in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taungup in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaungupRakhine (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taungup plotted against Rakhine and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Taungup's incremental SNDi rose from 3.48 to 7.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taungup ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Rakhine and 96th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.18
Rank in Myanmar
93rd of 113
Rank in Rakhine
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.47
Rank in Myanmar
96th of 113
Rank in Rakhine
4th 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
TaungupJhargramMirpur

In new street additions, Taungup fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jhargram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mirpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Taungup and Mirpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Jhargram became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Taungup had a more connected network than Jhargram in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.