Muse in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Muse in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muse plotted against Shan and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Muse peaked 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, Muse's incremental SNDi fell from 4.34 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muse ranked 17th out of 19 cities in Shan and 84th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in Myanmar
- 58th of 113
- Rank in Shan
- 13th of 19
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.02
- Rank in Myanmar
- 84th of 113
- Rank in Shan
- 17th of 19
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Srivilliputtur, India
- Asamankese, Ghana
- Erzincan, Turkey
- Petlad, India
- Phulidumar, India
- Saad Al-Abdulla, Kuwait
In new street additions, Muse built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Srivilliputtur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Petlad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Muse and Srivilliputtur both became progressively more disconnected, while Petlad fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Muse had a more sprawly network than Srivilliputtur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.