Kefamenanu 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 Kefamenanu 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, Kefamenanu's incremental SNDi rose from 4.64 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kefamenanu ranked 9th out of 12 cities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and 155th 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?

• Jangyon, North Korea
• Adzopé, Côte d'Ivoire
• Anliu, China
• Durgapur, Bangladesh
• Salaga, Ghana
• Hekou, China

In new street additions, Kefamenanu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jangyon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Durgapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kefamenanu became progressively more disconnected, while Jangyon became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Durgapur fluctuated in connectivity.