Lashio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lashio 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
LashioShan (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lashio plotted against Shan and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Lashio peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Lashio's incremental SNDi fell from 2.7 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lashio ranked 7th out of 19 cities in Shan and 27th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Myanmar
13th of 113
Rank in Shan
3rd of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in Myanmar
27th of 113
Rank in Shan
7th 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
LashioRenqiuMedininagar

While Renqiu and Medininagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Lashio built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Renqiu and Medininagar both became progressively more disconnected, while Lashio grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.