Hmawbi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hmawbi in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HmawbiYangon (Region)Myanmar (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hmawbi plotted against Yangon and Myanmar. The SNDi of new construction in Hmawbi peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Hmawbi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.0 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hmawbi ranked 9th out of 13 cities in Yangon and 80th out of 113 in Myanmar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.09
Rank in Myanmar
47th of 113
Rank in Yangon
5th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Myanmar
80th of 113
Rank in Yangon
9th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HmawbiVolosTachileik

In new street additions, Volos and Tachileik both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Hmawbi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Hmawbi and Volos have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.