Laukkaing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laukkaing plotted against Shan and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Laukkaing was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Laukkaing's incremental SNDi rose from 4.04 to 5.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laukkaing ranked 19th out of 19 cities in Shan and 93rd out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Ústí nad Labem, Czechia
• Longyao, China
• Shangpan, China
• Virac, Philippines
• Arang, India
• North College Hill, United States

In new street additions, Laukkaing built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ústí nad Labem fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Virac built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Laukkaing became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Ústí nad Labem became progressively more disconnected and Virac became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Laukkaing and Ústí nad Labem have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.