Merauke in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Merauke in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Merauke plotted against Papua and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Merauke 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, Merauke's incremental SNDi rose from 5.1 to 6.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Merauke ranked 8th out of 15 cities in Papua and 161st out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.3
- Rank in Indonesia
- 269th of 366
- Rank in Papua
- 10th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.1
- Rank in Indonesia
- 161st of 366
- Rank in Papua
- 8th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Merauke fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sibu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Zhaoyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Merauke and Sibu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.