Hsipaw in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hsipaw in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hsipaw plotted against Shan and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hsipaw's incremental SNDi rose from 4.3 to 8.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hsipaw ranked 9th out of 19 cities in Shan and 41st out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.68
Rank in Myanmar
103rd of 113
Rank in Shan
19th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Myanmar
41st of 113
Rank in Shan
9th of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HsipawIrruaRochester

While Irrua and Rochester both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hsipaw fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Hsipaw and Rochester have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.