Mokpo-si in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mokpo-si 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
Mokpo-siJeollanam-do (Region)South Korea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mokpo-si plotted against Jeollanam-do and South Korea. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mokpo-si's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mokpo-si ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Jeollanam-do and 30th out of 49 in South Korea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in South Korea
44th of 49
Rank in Jeollanam-do
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in South Korea
30th of 49
Rank in Jeollanam-do
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mokpo-siPalwalGulou

While Palwal and Gulou both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mokpo-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mokpo-si and Gulou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.