Hopong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hopong in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HopongShan (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hopong plotted against Shan and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hopong's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hopong ranked 6th out of 19 cities in Shan and 22nd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.94
Rank in Myanmar
42nd of 113
Rank in Shan
9th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Myanmar
22nd of 113
Rank in Shan
6th of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HopongRasulabadDarab

In new street additions, Hopong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rasulabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Darab built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hopong became progressively more disconnected, while Rasulabad fluctuated in connectivity and Darab grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Hopong and Darab have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.