Lewoleba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lewoleba in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LewolebaNusa Tenggara Timur (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lewoleba plotted against Nusa Tenggara Timur and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Lewoleba followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Nusa Tenggara Timur which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Lewoleba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lewoleba ranked 1st out of 12 cities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and 3rd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Indonesia
9th of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Timur
1st of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Indonesia
3rd of 366
Rank in Nusa Tenggara Timur
1st of 12

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LewolebaTalang GudangEaston

While Talang Gudang and Easton both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Lewoleba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lewoleba and Easton have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.