P'yŏngyang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
P'yongyang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with P'yŏngyang plotted against North Korea. The SNDi of new construction in P'yŏngyang peaked in 1991-2005, while North Korea peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, P'yŏngyang's incremental SNDi fell from 6.28 to 5.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, P'yŏngyang ranked 64th out of 92 in North Korea as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.98
- Rank in North Korea
- 59th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.71
- Rank in North Korea
- 64th of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Savar, Bangladesh
- Kalyan-Dombivli, India
- Fuzhou, China
- Nanning, China
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Asansol, India
In new street additions, Savar and Nanning both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while P'yŏngyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Savar and Nanning both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while P'yŏngyang became progressively more disconnected. P'yŏngyang and Savar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.