Timika in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Timika in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TimikaPapua (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Timika plotted against Papua and Indonesia. While Papua and Indonesia both rose steadily, Timika's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Timika's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 5.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Timika ranked 9th out of 15 cities in Papua and 212th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.62
Rank in Indonesia
199th of 366
Rank in Papua
7th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Indonesia
212th of 366
Rank in Papua
9th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TimikaSaidpurPatan

In new street additions, Timika built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Saidpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Patan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Timika and Patan both became progressively more disconnected, while Saidpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Timika had a more sprawly network than Patan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.