Buntok in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buntok in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuntokKalimantan Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buntok plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. While Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia both rose steadily, Buntok's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Buntok's incremental SNDi rose from 5.57 to 6.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buntok ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 133rd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.2
Rank in Indonesia
254th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Indonesia
133rd of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
1st of 6

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuntokBedeleCaluquembe

In new street additions, Buntok and Bedele both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Caluquembe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Buntok and Bedele both became progressively more disconnected, while Caluquembe fluctuated in connectivity. Buntok and Caluquembe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.