Tual in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tual in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TualMaluku (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tual plotted against Maluku and Indonesia. While Maluku and Indonesia both rose steadily, Tual's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Tual's incremental SNDi rose from 5.32 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tual ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Maluku and 20th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in Indonesia
179th of 366
Rank in Maluku
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in Indonesia
20th of 366
Rank in Maluku
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TualWangkuiKhordha

In new street additions, Tual and Wangkui both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khordha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Tual and Wangkui both became progressively more disconnected, while Khordha became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Tual and Khordha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.