Kawthaung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kawthaung in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KawthaungTanintharyi (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kawthaung plotted against Tanintharyi and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Kawthaung rose steadily, compared to Tanintharyi which rose steadily and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kawthaung's incremental SNDi rose from 4.46 to 10.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kawthaung ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Tanintharyi and 97th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.61
Rank in Myanmar
108th of 113
Rank in Tanintharyi
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.5
Rank in Myanmar
97th of 113
Rank in Tanintharyi
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KawthaungMeigangaMehkar

In new street additions, Kawthaung and Mehkar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Meiganga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kawthaung and Meiganga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.