천리마구역 in context: Street-network sprawl trends
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The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 천리마구역 plotted against P'yŏngan-namdo and North Korea. While P'yŏngan-namdo and North Korea both peaked in 1976-1990, 천리마구역's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, 천리마구역's incremental SNDi fell from 6.26 to 6.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 천리마구역 ranked 16th out of 21 cities in P'yŏngan-namdo and 68th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.18
- Rank in North Korea
- 62nd of 92
- Rank in P'yŏngan-namdo
- 14th of 21
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.93
- Rank in North Korea
- 68th of 92
- Rank in P'yŏngan-namdo
- 16th of 21
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, 천리마구역 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Turgutlu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Delduar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.