Tobelo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tobelo in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TobeloMaluku Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tobelo plotted against Maluku Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Tobelo peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Maluku Utara which peaked in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Tobelo's incremental SNDi fell from 5.05 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tobelo ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Maluku Utara and 104th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Indonesia
16th of 366
Rank in Maluku Utara
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.79
Rank in Indonesia
104th of 366
Rank in Maluku Utara
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TobeloSindelfingenScunthorpe

While Sindelfingen and Scunthorpe both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Tobelo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Sindelfingen and Scunthorpe both became progressively more disconnected, while Tobelo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tobelo and Sindelfingen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.