Gunung Lingkas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gunung Lingkas in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Gunung LingkasKalimantan Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gunung Lingkas plotted against Kalimantan Utara and Indonesia. While Kalimantan Utara and Indonesia both rose steadily, Gunung Lingkas's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Gunung Lingkas's incremental SNDi rose from 7.73 to 8.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gunung Lingkas ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Kalimantan Utara and 344th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.26
Rank in Indonesia
349th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Utara
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.12
Rank in Indonesia
344th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Utara
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Gunung LingkasSantanderDiyarb Nigm

In new street additions, Gunung Lingkas and Diyarb Nigm both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Santander built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.