Tambakboyo 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 Tambakboyo plotted against Jawa Tengah and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Tambakboyo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Jawa Tengah which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Tambakboyo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 3.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tambakboyo ranked 4th out of 47 cities in Jawa Tengah and 23rd 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?

• Buena Vista, United States
• Pathri, India
• Kapri Kheda, India
• Kumarghat, India
• Yingjiang County, China
• Yanshan, China

In new street additions, Tambakboyo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Buena Vista built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kumarghat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tambakboyo and Buena Vista both became progressively more disconnected, while Kumarghat became progressively more disconnected. Tambakboyo and Kumarghat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.