Mataram 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 Mataram 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, Mataram's incremental SNDi rose from 6.43 to 6.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mataram ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Nusa Tenggara Barat and 299th 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?

• Firozabad, India
• Huaibei, China
• Lille, France
• Jinzhou, China
• Cartagena, Colombia
• Dnipro, Ukraine

In new street additions, Mataram built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Firozabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jinzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mataram and Jinzhou both became progressively more disconnected, while Firozabad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Mataram and Firozabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.