Bengkalis in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bengkalis in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bengkalis plotted against Riau and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bengkalis's incremental SNDi rose from 4.01 to 5.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bengkalis ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Riau and 79th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.33
- Rank in Indonesia
- 160th of 366
- Rank in Riau
- 8th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.6
- Rank in Indonesia
- 79th of 366
- Rank in Riau
- 4th 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, Bengkalis built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qianku fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Isa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bengkalis became progressively more disconnected, while Qianku fluctuated in connectivity and Isa fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bengkalis had a more connected network than Qianku in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.