Labuha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Labuha plotted against Maluku Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Labuha peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Maluku Utara which peaked in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Labuha's incremental SNDi fell from 2.85 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Labuha ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Maluku Utara and 6th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Azemmour, Morocco
• Ushiku, Japan
• Mehrma, India
• São Mateus, Brazil
• Târgu Jiu, Romania
• Balagarh, India

In new street additions, Labuha and São Mateus both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Azemmour fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Labuha and Azemmour have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.