Kota Nunukan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kota Nunukan in context

44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kota NunukanKalimantan Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kota Nunukan plotted against Kalimantan Utara and Indonesia. While Kalimantan Utara and Indonesia both rose steadily, Kota Nunukan's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kota Nunukan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.84 to 6.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kota Nunukan ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Kalimantan Utara and 236th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.57
Rank in Indonesia
294th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Utara
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in Indonesia
236th of 366
Rank in Kalimantan Utara
1st of 3

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
Kota NunukanEkangar SaraiKurunegala

In new street additions, Kota Nunukan and Kurunegala both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ekangar Sarai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kota Nunukan and Kurunegala both became progressively more disconnected, while Ekangar Sarai fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Kota Nunukan had a more sprawly network than Kurunegala in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.