Hyangnam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hyangnam in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HyangnamGyeonggi-do (Region)South Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hyangnam plotted against Gyeonggi-do and South Korea. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hyangnam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hyangnam ranked 9th out of 10 cities in Gyeonggi-do and 46th out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in South Korea
45th of 49
Rank in Gyeonggi-do
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.33
Rank in South Korea
46th of 49
Rank in Gyeonggi-do
9th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HyangnamShadobdekh'Novouralsk

In new street additions, Hyangnam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Шадобдеҳ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Novouralsk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hyangnam and Novouralsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Шадобдеҳ became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Hyangnam and Шадобдеҳ have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.