Jakarta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jakarta in context

4.24.85.46<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.85.46<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JakartaJawa Barat (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jakarta plotted against Jawa Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Jakarta followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Jawa Barat which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Jakarta's incremental SNDi rose from 5.18 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jakarta ranked 19th out of 38 cities in Jawa Barat and 260th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.4
Rank in Indonesia
171st of 366
Rank in Jawa Barat
16th of 38

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.73
Rank in Indonesia
260th of 366
Rank in Jawa Barat
19th of 38

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JakartaGuangzhouTokyo

Jakarta, Guangzhou, and Tokyo all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.