Blitar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Blitar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Blitar plotted against Jawa Timur and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Blitar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.62 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Blitar ranked 17th out of 57 cities in Jawa Timur and 121st out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Indonesia
- 184th of 366
- Rank in Jawa Timur
- 36th of 57
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.89
- Rank in Indonesia
- 121st of 366
- Rank in Jawa Timur
- 17th of 57
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Masetjhaba View, South Africa
- Hanzhong, China
- Huancayo, Peru
- Cuddalore, India
- Shanwei, China
- Juba, South Sudan
In new street additions, Blitar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Masetjhaba View built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cuddalore fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Blitar became progressively more disconnected, while Masetjhaba View grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cuddalore fluctuated in connectivity. Blitar and Cuddalore have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.