Thanlyin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Thanlyin in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thanlyin plotted against Yangon and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Thanlyin rose steadily, 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. Most recently, Thanlyin's incremental SNDi rose from 3.23 to 3.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thanlyin ranked 6th out of 13 cities in Yangon and 49th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Myanmar
40th of 113
Rank in Yangon
3rd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Myanmar
49th of 113
Rank in Yangon
6th 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
ThanlyinKamardaNetrokona

In new street additions, Thanlyin and Netrokona both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kamarda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Thanlyin and Netrokona both became progressively more disconnected, while Kamarda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Thanlyin and Kamarda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.