Pekkabata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pekkabata in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PekkabataSulawesi Barat (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pekkabata plotted against Sulawesi Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Pekkabata peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sulawesi Barat which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Pekkabata's incremental SNDi fell from 4.62 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pekkabata ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Sulawesi Barat and 94th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.62
Rank in Indonesia
73rd of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Barat
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in Indonesia
94th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Barat
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PekkabataNinh BinhFiruzabad

In new street additions, Pekkabata built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ninh Binh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Firuzabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pekkabata and Firuzabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Ninh Binh fluctuated in connectivity. Pekkabata and Firuzabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.