Kure in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kure in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kure plotted against Hiroshima and Japan. The SNDi of new construction in Kure peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Hiroshima which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Japan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kure's incremental SNDi fell from 5.13 to 4.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kure ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Hiroshima and 52nd out of 135 in Japan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.99
- Rank in Japan
- 134th of 135
- Rank in Hiroshima
- 4th of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.14
- Rank in Japan
- 52nd of 135
- Rank in Hiroshima
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kure built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Saraburi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Fethiye fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kure and Saraburi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.