Kangdong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kangdong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kangdong plotted against P'yŏngyang and North Korea. The SNDi of new construction in Kangdong was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to P'yŏngyang which peaked in 1991-2005 and North Korea which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Kangdong's incremental SNDi rose from 7.03 to 8.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kangdong ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in P'yŏngyang and 82nd out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.29
- Rank in North Korea
- 79th of 92
- Rank in P'yŏngyang
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.25
- Rank in North Korea
- 82nd of 92
- Rank in P'yŏngyang
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kangdong and Swarupnagar both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pengshui built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kangdong and Swarupnagar both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Pengshui became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Kangdong had a more connected network than Swarupnagar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.