Kuala Tungkal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kuala Tungkal in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kuala TungkalJambi (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuala Tungkal plotted against Jambi and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kuala Tungkal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.5 to 5.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuala Tungkal ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Jambi and 26th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.07
Rank in Indonesia
126th of 366
Rank in Jambi
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in Indonesia
26th of 366
Rank in Jambi
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kuala TungkalWuduBonao

In new street additions, Kuala Tungkal and Bonao both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wudu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kuala Tungkal and Bonao both became progressively more disconnected, while Wudu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kuala Tungkal had a more sprawly network than Bonao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.