Biak Kota in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Biak Kota in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Biak KotaPapua (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Biak Kota plotted against Papua and Indonesia. While Papua and Indonesia both rose steadily, Biak Kota's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Biak Kota's incremental SNDi rose from 7.25 to 9.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Biak Kota ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Papua and 69th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.92
Rank in Indonesia
362nd of 366
Rank in Papua
14th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Indonesia
69th of 366
Rank in Papua
4th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Biak KotaCiudad VallesViet Tri

In new street additions, Biak Kota built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ciudad Valles fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Việt Trì built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Biak Kota and Ciudad Valles both became progressively more disconnected, while Việt Trì grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Biak Kota and Việt Trì have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.