Ubud in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ubud in context

456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UbudBali (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ubud plotted against Bali and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ubud's incremental SNDi rose from 8.33 to 8.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ubud ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Bali and 356th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.76
Rank in Indonesia
356th of 366
Rank in Bali
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.68
Rank in Indonesia
356th of 366
Rank in Bali
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UbudOnsongSal'sk

In new street additions, Ubud and Sal'sk both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Onsong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ubud and Sal'sk both became progressively more disconnected, while Onsong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Ubud and Onsong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.