Pangkalan Bun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pangkalan Bun in context

4.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pangkalan BunKalimantan Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pangkalan Bun plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Pangkalan Bun 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, Pangkalan Bun's incremental SNDi rose from 4.84 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pangkalan Bun ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 223rd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.69
Rank in Indonesia
205th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.45
Rank in Indonesia
223rd of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pangkalan BunOdumaseTarn Taran Sahib

Pangkalan Bun, Odumase, and Tarn Taran Sahib all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Pangkalan Bun had a more sprawly network than Tarn Taran Sahib in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.