Maluku in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maluku plotted against Kinshasa and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The SNDi of new construction in Maluku rose steadily, compared to Kinshasa which rose steadily and Democratic Republic of the Congo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maluku's incremental SNDi rose from 3.65 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maluku ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Kinshasa and 117th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sakhi Sarwar, Pakistan
• Ningling, China
• Puding, China
• Nyeri, Kenya
• Shikaripura, India
• Genet, Ethiopia

While Sakhi Sarwar and Nyeri both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Maluku built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Maluku and Nyeri both became progressively more disconnected, while Sakhi Sarwar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Maluku and Nyeri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.