Kayan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kayan in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KayanYangon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kayan plotted against Yangon and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Kayan followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Yangon which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Myanmar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Kayan ranked 1st out of 13 cities in Yangon and 19th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Myanmar
19th of 113
Rank in Yangon
1st of 13

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
KayanSertaozinhoKwilu-Ngongo

In new street additions, Kayan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sertãozinho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kwilu-Ngongo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kayan fluctuated in connectivity, while Sertãozinho became progressively more disconnected and Kwilu-Ngongo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.