Palangka Raya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Palangka Raya in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palangka RayaKalimantan Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palangka Raya plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. While Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia both rose steadily, Palangka Raya's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Palangka Raya's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 6.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palangka Raya ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 142nd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.13
Rank in Indonesia
248th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in Indonesia
142nd of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palangka RayaLianxingGarhmuktesar

In new street additions, Palangka Raya and Garhmuktesar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lianxing built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Palangka Raya and Garhmuktesar both became progressively more disconnected, while Lianxing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.