Kyaukme in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kyaukme in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyaukme plotted against Shan and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Kyaukme rose steadily, compared to Shan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kyaukme's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyaukme ranked 13th out of 19 cities in Shan and 59th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.71
- Rank in Myanmar
- 67th of 113
- Rank in Shan
- 15th of 19
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.42
- Rank in Myanmar
- 59th of 113
- Rank in Shan
- 13th of 19
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Itupeva, Brazil
- Karimpur, India
- Pforzheim, Germany
- Guanqiao, China
- Brahmapuri, India
- Maymana, Afghanistan
Kyaukme, Itupeva, and Guanqiao all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Kyaukme and Guanqiao have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.