Muaratewe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Muaratewe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muaratewe plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Muaratewe peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kalimantan Tengah which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Muaratewe's incremental SNDi fell from 6.19 to 5.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muaratewe ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 296th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.32
- Rank in Indonesia
- 159th of 366
- Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
- 1st of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in Indonesia
- 296th of 366
- Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
- 5th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Shanghe and Polatlı both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Muaratewe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.