Thilawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Thilawa in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThilawaYangon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thilawa plotted against Yangon and Myanmar. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Thilawa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.28 to 3.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thilawa ranked 8th out of 13 cities in Yangon and 65th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.64
Rank in Myanmar
32nd of 113
Rank in Yangon
2nd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Myanmar
65th of 113
Rank in Yangon
8th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ThilawaSesquileMitwaba

In new street additions, Thilawa and Sesquilé both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mitwaba built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Thilawa fluctuated in connectivity, while Sesquilé grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mitwaba became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Thilawa and Sesquilé have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.