Twante: city in Yangon, Myanmar
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Twante, Myanmar on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Twante as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 1.55, which is relatively well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 0.69, 1.88, nan and nan. Data was not available in 1991-2000 and 2001-2014.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Twante spans a total of 66 kilometers. The period with the greatest volume of street construction was 2001-2014. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 0.69, 1.21, 1.74 and 1.55. The aggregate street network in Twante increased in disconnectivity initially,but the trend has turned around after 2000.
Twante and Yangon do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Yangon was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Twante fare in comparison to others in Yangon? out of the 7 cities in Yangon. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Yangon, street construction in Twante has become more disconnected. Twante ranked 5th in 1975 and 4th in 1976-1990. There was no ranking in 1991-2000 and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Twante and Myanmar do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Myanmar was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Twante fare in comparison to others in Myanmar? out of the 107 cities in Myanmar. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Myanmar, street construction in Twante has become more disconnected. Twante ranked 66th in 1975 and 49th in 1976-1990. There was no ranking in 1991-2000 and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Twante and Yangon do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Twante peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in Yangon was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
To date, Twante is the 6th-most disconnected out of the 7 cities in Yangon. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Yangon, the street network in Twante has become more connected. Twante ranked 5th in 1975, 6th in 1976-1990, 4th in 1991-2000 and 6th in 2001-2014.
Twante and Myanmar do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Twante peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in Myanmar was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
To date, Twante is the 76th-most disconnected out of the 107 cities in Myanmar. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Myanmar, the street network in Twante has become more connected. Twante ranked 66th in 1975, 73rd in 1976-1990, 64th in 1991-2000 and 76th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Twante had a built-up area of 1.28 square kilometers, and a population of 89827 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: