Parakan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Parakan in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParakanJawa Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Parakan plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Parakan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Jawa Tengah which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Parakan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.27 to 4.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parakan ranked 35th out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 215th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.87
Rank in Indonesia
98th of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
20th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Indonesia
215th of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
35th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParakanUjhaniSoc Trang

In new street additions, Parakan and Ujhani both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sóc Trăng built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Parakan and Sóc Trăng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.