Poncowati in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Poncowati in context

3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PoncowatiLampung (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Poncowati plotted against Lampung and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Poncowati's incremental SNDi rose from 4.44 to 5.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Poncowati ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Lampung and 117th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.38
Rank in Indonesia
169th of 366
Rank in Lampung
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in Indonesia
117th of 366
Rank in Lampung
7th of 9

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
PoncowatiLixinRijeka

While Lixin and Rijeka both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Poncowati built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.