Myaungtagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Myaungtagar in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MyaungtagarYangon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Myaungtagar plotted against Yangon and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Myaungtagar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.92 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Myaungtagar ranked 10th out of 13 cities in Yangon and 81st out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.08
Rank in Myanmar
46th of 113
Rank in Yangon
4th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Myanmar
81st of 113
Rank in Yangon
10th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MyaungtagarSan FranciscoHuamantla

Myaungtagar, San Francisco, and Huamantla all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Myaungtagar and San Francisco have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.