Bima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bima in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BimaNusa Tenggara Barat (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bima plotted against Nusa Tenggara Barat and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bima's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bima ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Nusa Tenggara Barat and 60th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.84
Rank in Indonesia
93rd of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Barat
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Indonesia
60th of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Barat
2nd of 8

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
BimaGashuaAsosa

In new street additions, Bima built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gashua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Asosa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bima became progressively more disconnected, while Gashua fluctuated in connectivity and Asosa became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Bima had a more connected network than Asosa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.