Hamhung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hamhung in context

5.66.377.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5.66.377.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HamhungHamgyong-namdo (Region)North Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hamhung plotted against Hamgyŏng-namdo and North Korea. The SNDi of new construction in Hamhung peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hamgyŏng-namdo which peaked in 1991-2005 and North Korea which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Hamhung's incremental SNDi fell from 7.65 to 5.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hamhung ranked 11th out of 11 cities in Hamgyŏng-namdo and 79th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.8
Rank in North Korea
56th of 92
Rank in Hamgyŏng-namdo
8th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.66
Rank in North Korea
79th of 92
Rank in Hamgyŏng-namdo
11th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HamhungLilingHuai'an District

While Liling and Huai'an District both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Hamhung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Hamhung and Huai'an District both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.