Abepura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abepura in context

4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbepuraPapua (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abepura plotted against Papua and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Abepura followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Papua which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Abepura's incremental SNDi rose from 6.14 to 6.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abepura ranked 11th out of 15 cities in Papua and 328th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.93
Rank in Indonesia
315th of 366
Rank in Papua
11th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.58
Rank in Indonesia
328th of 366
Rank in Papua
11th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbepuraNingheDonggang

In new street additions, Abepura and Donggang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ninghe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.