Labuan Bajo 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 Labuan Bajo plotted against Nusa Tenggara Timur and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Labuan Bajo was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Nusa Tenggara Timur which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Labuan Bajo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.54 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Labuan Bajo ranked 7th out of 12 cities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and 106th 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?

• Pagsanjan, Philippines
• Sidi Bennour, Morocco
• Saramabila, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Danfeng, China
• Huimin, China
• Funing, China

In new street additions, Labuan Bajo and Danfeng both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pagsanjan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Labuan Bajo became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Pagsanjan became progressively more disconnected and Danfeng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Labuan Bajo had a more sprawly network than Pagsanjan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.