Panglong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Panglong 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
PanglongShan (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panglong plotted against Shan and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Panglong's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panglong ranked 2nd out of 19 cities in Shan and 14th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in Myanmar
37th of 113
Rank in Shan
6th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Myanmar
14th of 113
Rank in Shan
2nd of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PanglongKabaloFlorence

In new street additions, Panglong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kabalo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Florence built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Panglong and Florence both became progressively more disconnected, while Kabalo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Panglong had a more connected network than Kabalo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.