Salatiga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salatiga in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salatiga plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Salatiga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salatiga ranked 14th out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 83rd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.82
Rank in Indonesia
90th of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
19th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.64
Rank in Indonesia
83rd of 366
Rank in Jawa Tengah
14th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalatigaDohrighatBinangonan

In new street additions, Salatiga built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dohrighat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Binangonan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Salatiga and Binangonan both became progressively more disconnected, while Dohrighat fluctuated in connectivity. Salatiga and Dohrighat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.