Kyonghung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyonghung in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyonghungHamgyong-bukto (Region)North Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyonghung plotted against Hamgyŏng-bukto and North Korea. While Hamgyŏng-bukto and North Korea both peaked in 1976-1990, Kyonghung's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Kyonghung's incremental SNDi fell from 5.92 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyonghung ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Hamgyŏng-bukto and 30th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in North Korea
21st of 92
Rank in Hamgyŏng-bukto
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in North Korea
30th of 92
Rank in Hamgyŏng-bukto
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyonghungMadhabpurCourthouse Green

In new street additions, Kyonghung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Madhabpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Courthouse Green built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kyonghung and Courthouse Green both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Madhabpur fluctuated in connectivity.