Ambarawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ambarawa in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmbarawaJawa Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ambarawa plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ambarawa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.97 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambarawa ranked 10th out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 61st out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.41
Rank in Indonesia
59th of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
13th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Indonesia
61st of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
10th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmbarawaungsangPingguo

Ambarawa, 웅상, and Pingguo all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Ambarawa and 웅상 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.