Pasir Pengaraian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pasir Pengaraian in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pasir PengaraianRiau (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pasir Pengaraian plotted against Riau and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Pasir Pengaraian followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Riau which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Pasir Pengaraian's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pasir Pengaraian ranked 5th out of 15 cities in Riau and 102nd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Indonesia
56th of 366
Rank in Riau
2nd of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in Indonesia
102nd of 366
Rank in Riau
5th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pasir PengaraianXundianQishan

In new street additions, Pasir Pengaraian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xundian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qishan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Pasir Pengaraian became progressively more disconnected, while Xundian fluctuated in connectivity and Qishan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Pasir Pengaraian had a more connected network than Xundian in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.