Demak 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 Demak plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Demak's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Demak ranked 3rd out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 19th 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?

• Huangbu, China
• Konotop, Ukraine
• Shicheng, China
• Al Burumbul, Egypt
• Madhabpur, Bangladesh
• Kyonghung, North Korea

In new street additions, Demak built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Huangbu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Al Burumbul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Demak became progressively more disconnected, while Huangbu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Al Burumbul grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Demak and Huangbu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.