Monywa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Monywa in context

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
MonywaSagaing (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Monywa plotted against Sagaing and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Monywa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.42 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Monywa ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Sagaing and 3rd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Myanmar
10th of 113
Rank in Sagaing
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Myanmar
3rd of 113
Rank in Sagaing
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MonywaAlaba KulitoBihpur

While Alaba Kulito and Bihpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Monywa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Alaba Kulito and Bihpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Monywa fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Monywa had a more sprawly network than Alaba Kulito in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.