Kuala Kapuas 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 Kuala Kapuas plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Kuala Kapuas followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kalimantan Tengah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kuala Kapuas's incremental SNDi rose from 6.41 to 7.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuala Kapuas ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 353rd 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?

• Chiang Rai, Thailand
• Bedford, United Kingdom
• Nuomuhuicun, China
• Qardho, Somalia
• 卞庄, China
• Hidalgo del Parral, México

In new street additions, Kuala Kapuas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chiang Rai built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Qardho built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kuala Kapuas fluctuated in connectivity, while Chiang Rai became progressively more disconnected and Qardho became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.