Tanjung Balai Karimun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tanjung Balai Karimun 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
Tanjung Balai KarimunKepulauan Riau (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tanjung Balai Karimun plotted against Kepulauan Riau and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Tanjung Balai Karimun peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kepulauan Riau which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Tanjung Balai Karimun's incremental SNDi fell from 4.41 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tanjung Balai Karimun ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Kepulauan Riau and 48th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in Indonesia
15th of 366
Rank in Kepulauan Riau
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Indonesia
48th of 366
Rank in Kepulauan Riau
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tanjung Balai KarimunUssurijskXi

While Ussurijsk and Xi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tanjung Balai Karimun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Tanjung Balai Karimun and Ussurijsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Xi fluctuated in connectivity.