Kaohsiung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kaohsiung in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaohsiungTaiwan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaohsiung plotted against Taiwan. Both Kaohsiung and Taiwan follow the same trend. Most recently, Kaohsiung's incremental SNDi rose from 2.33 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaohsiung ranked 15th out of 21 in Taiwan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in Taiwan
19th of 21

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Taiwan
15th of 21

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
KaohsiungCoyahMogadishu

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