Pasirukem in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pasirukem plotted against Jawa Barat and Indonesia. While Jawa Barat and Indonesia both rose steadily, Pasirukem's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Pasirukem's incremental SNDi rose from 5.62 to 6.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pasirukem ranked 9th out of 38 cities in Jawa Barat and 168th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• South Bend, United States
• Gudalur, India
• Luanshya, Zambia
• Tanduru, India
• Al Shuhada, Egypt
• Jamame, Somalia

In new street additions, Pasirukem and South Bend both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tanduru built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pasirukem and South Bend both became progressively more disconnected, while Tanduru became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pasirukem and Tanduru have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.