Nanga Pinoh 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 Nanga Pinoh plotted against Kalimantan Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Nanga Pinoh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kalimantan Barat which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Nanga Pinoh's incremental SNDi rose from 5.71 to 7.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nanga Pinoh ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Kalimantan Barat and 343rd 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?

• Valaichchenai, Sri Lanka
• الجبايش, Iraq
• Pashat, Pakistan
• Atmakur, India
• Rafha, Saudi Arabia
• Lingchuan, China

In new street additions, Nanga Pinoh and Valaichchenai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Atmakur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Nanga Pinoh fluctuated in connectivity, while Valaichchenai became progressively more disconnected and Atmakur became progressively more connected. Nanga Pinoh and Valaichchenai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.