Sampit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sampit in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SampitKalimantan Tengah (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sampit plotted against Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia. While Kalimantan Tengah and Indonesia both rose steadily, Sampit's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Sampit's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 5.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sampit ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Kalimantan Tengah and 144th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.54
Rank in Indonesia
189th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in Indonesia
144th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Tengah
3rd 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
SampitShuangyashanDosso

In new street additions, Sampit and Dosso both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shuangyashan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sampit and Shuangyashan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.