Musan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Musan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Musan plotted against Hamgyŏng-bukto and North Korea. While Hamgyŏng-bukto and North Korea both peaked in 1976-1990, Musan's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Musan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.03 to 5.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Musan ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Hamgyŏng-bukto and 66th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.62
- Rank in North Korea
- 52nd of 92
- Rank in Hamgyŏng-bukto
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.79
- Rank in North Korea
- 66th of 92
- Rank in Hamgyŏng-bukto
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Musan and Wuxing both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fenyi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Musan and Wuxing both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fenyi became progressively more connected. Musan and Wuxing have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.