Manpo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manpo in context

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManpoChagang-do (Region)North Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manpo plotted against Chagang-do and North Korea. The SNDi of new construction in Manpo peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chagang-do which peaked in 1976-1990 and North Korea which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Manpo's incremental SNDi fell from 17.8 to 13.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manpo ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Chagang-do and 91st out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
13.61
Rank in North Korea
91st of 92
Rank in Chagang-do
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.68
Rank in North Korea
91st of 92
Rank in Chagang-do
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManpoBahalgarhAl Qasim

In new street additions, Manpo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bahalgarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Al Qasim built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Manpo and Bahalgarh both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Qasim became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Manpo and Bahalgarh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.