Magelang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Magelang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Magelang plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Magelang's incremental SNDi rose from 4.68 to 5.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Magelang ranked 21st out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 136th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.8
- Rank in Indonesia
- 219th of 366
- Rank in Jawa Tengah
- 36th of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.98
- Rank in Indonesia
- 136th of 366
- Rank in Jawa Tengah
- 21st of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Joharabad, Pakistan
- Huai'an District, China
- Hamhung, North Korea
- Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Ambon, Indonesia
- Eluru, India
Magelang, Joharabad, and Dinajpur all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Magelang had a more sprawly network than Dinajpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.