웅상 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 웅상 plotted against Gyeongsangnam-do and South Korea. The SNDi of new construction in 웅상 rose steadily, compared to Gyeongsangnam-do which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and South Korea which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 웅상's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 3.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 웅상 ranked 7th out of 10 cities in Gyeongsangnam-do and 35th out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.21
- Rank in South Korea
- 36th of 49
- Rank in Gyeongsangnam-do
- 6th of 10
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in South Korea
- 35th of 49
- Rank in Gyeongsangnam-do
- 7th of 10
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, 웅상 and Ambarawa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dunwoody fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. 웅상 and Ambarawa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.