Beng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beng in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BengBali (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beng plotted against Bali and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Beng's incremental SNDi rose from 7.85 to 8.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beng ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Bali and 352nd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.21
Rank in Indonesia
347th of 366
Rank in Bali
7th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.44
Rank in Indonesia
352nd of 366
Rank in Bali
7th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BengNorwichKhoy

In new street additions, Beng and Khoy both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Norwich built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Beng and Norwich have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.