Mulia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mulia in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuliaPapua (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mulia plotted against Papua and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Mulia fell steadily, compared to Papua which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Mulia's incremental SNDi fell from 1.61 to 1.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mulia ranked 3rd out of 15 cities in Papua and 12th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.26
Rank in Indonesia
1st of 366
Rank in Papua
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Indonesia
12th of 366
Rank in Papua
3rd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuliaConcordiaHuadian

In new street additions, Mulia built increasingly connected streets over time, while Concordia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Huadian built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Concordia and Huadian both became progressively more disconnected, while Mulia became progressively more connected. Notably, Mulia had a more sprawly network than Huadian in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.