Jeonju in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jeonju in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jeonju plotted against Jeollabuk-do and South Korea. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jeonju's incremental SNDi rose from 1.58 to 1.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jeonju ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Jeollabuk-do and 12th out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in South Korea
4th of 49
Rank in Jeollabuk-do
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.67
Rank in South Korea
12th of 49
Rank in Jeollabuk-do
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JeonjuBahraichAnand

While Bahraich and Anand both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jeonju fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bahraich and Anand both became progressively more disconnected, while Jeonju fluctuated in connectivity. Jeonju and Bahraich have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.