Sintang 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 Sintang plotted against Kalimantan Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Sintang followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kalimantan Barat which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Sintang's incremental SNDi rose from 5.31 to 6.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sintang ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Kalimantan Barat and 316th 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?

• Sunchon, North Korea
• Petit-Goâve, Haiti
• Attur, India
• Rong, China
• New Halfa, Sudan
• Rubtsovsk, Russia

In new street additions, Sintang and Rong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sunchon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sintang became progressively more disconnected, while Sunchon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Rong fluctuated in connectivity.