Wamena in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wamena in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wamena plotted against Papua and Indonesia. While Papua and Indonesia both rose steadily, Wamena's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Wamena's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wamena ranked 5th out of 15 cities in Papua and 80th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.69
Rank in Indonesia
207th of 366
Rank in Papua
8th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in Indonesia
80th of 366
Rank in Papua
5th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WamenaSugarland RunLambayeque

In new street additions, Wamena built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sugarland Run built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lambayeque fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Sugarland Run and Lambayeque both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wamena became progressively more disconnected.