Wonju in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wonju in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WonjuGangwon-do (Region)South Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wonju plotted against Gangwon-do and South Korea. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Wonju's incremental SNDi rose from 2.02 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wonju ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Gangwon-do and 32nd out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in South Korea
19th of 49
Rank in Gangwon-do
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in South Korea
32nd of 49
Rank in Gangwon-do
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WonjuNzerekoreBeldanga

While Nzérékoré and Beldanga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Wonju fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Wonju and Nzérékoré have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.