Bireuen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bireuen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bireuen plotted against Aceh and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bireuen's incremental SNDi rose from 3.73 to 4.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bireuen ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Aceh and 14th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.46
- Rank in Indonesia
- 62nd of 366
- Rank in Aceh
- 4th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.88
- Rank in Indonesia
- 14th of 366
- Rank in Aceh
- 1st of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Palm Bay, United States
- Cienfuegos, Cuba
- Regensburg, Germany
- Xuzhou, China
- Greensboro, United States
- Ô-á-liâu / Kezihliao, Taiwan
In new street additions, Bireuen built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Palm Bay fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xuzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bireuen and Palm Bay both became progressively more disconnected, while Xuzhou fluctuated in connectivity.