Jecheon-si in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jecheon-si in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jecheon-si plotted against Chungcheongbuk-do and South Korea. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jecheon-si's incremental SNDi rose from 1.67 to 2.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jecheon-si ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Chungcheongbuk-do and 5th out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.04
- Rank in South Korea
- 6th of 49
- Rank in Chungcheongbuk-do
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.46
- Rank in South Korea
- 5th of 49
- Rank in Chungcheongbuk-do
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- الياقوت, Saudi Arabia
- Ugborodo, Nigeria
- Harlow, United Kingdom
- Huanan, China
- Banyo, Cameroon
- Haditha, Iraq
In new street additions, Jecheon-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while الياقوت built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Huanan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jecheon-si became progressively more disconnected, while الياقوت grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Huanan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.