Munchon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Munchon in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Munchon plotted against Kangwŏn-do and North Korea. The SNDi of new construction in Munchon rose steadily, compared to Kangwŏn-do which peaked in 1976-1990 and North Korea which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Munchon's incremental SNDi rose from 4.37 to 5.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Munchon ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Kangwŏn-do and 18th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.19
Rank in North Korea
45th of 92
Rank in Kangwŏn-do
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.09
Rank in North Korea
18th of 92
Rank in Kangwŏn-do
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MunchonYanqingDenton

In new street additions, Munchon and Yanqing both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Denton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.