Atambua in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Atambua in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtambuaNusa Tenggara Timur (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atambua plotted against Nusa Tenggara Timur and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Atambua's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atambua ranked 5th out of 12 cities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and 88th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.35
Rank in Indonesia
162nd of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Timur
8th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in Indonesia
88th of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Timur
5th of 12

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
AtambuaBaligawanModasa

In new street additions, Atambua and Modasa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Baligawan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Atambua and Modasa both became progressively more disconnected, while Baligawan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Atambua and Baligawan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.