Sorong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sorong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sorong plotted against Papua Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Sorong followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Papua Barat which peaked in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Sorong's incremental SNDi rose from 4.67 to 5.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sorong ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Papua Barat and 180th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.73
- Rank in Indonesia
- 212th of 366
- Rank in Papua Barat
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in Indonesia
- 180th of 366
- Rank in Papua Barat
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guantanamo, Cuba
- Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh
- Tlaxcala, México
- Araraquara, Brazil
- Patuakhali, Bangladesh
- Tuban, Indonesia
In new street additions, Sorong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Guantanamo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Araraquara built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.