Banjarmasin in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Banjarmasin in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banjarmasin plotted against Kalimantan Selatan and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Banjarmasin's incremental SNDi rose from 6.16 to 7.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banjarmasin ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Kalimantan Selatan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.24
- Rank in Kalimantan Selatan
- 8th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.71
- Rank in Kalimantan Selatan
- 9th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Ufa, Russia
- Quetta, Pakistan
- Enugu, Nigeria
- Querétaro, México
- Saint Petersburg, United States
In new street additions, Banjarmasin and Enugu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ashgabat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Banjarmasin and Enugu both became progressively more disconnected, while Ashgabat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Banjarmasin and Ashgabat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.