Polewali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Polewali in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PolewaliSulawesi Barat (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Polewali plotted against Sulawesi Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Polewali followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sulawesi Barat which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Polewali's incremental SNDi rose from 5.18 to 6.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Polewali ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Sulawesi Barat and 198th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.21
Rank in Indonesia
256th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Barat
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.29
Rank in Indonesia
198th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Barat
4th of 5

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
Polewali`AdraLeticia

In new street additions, Polewali and Leticia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while `Adra built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Polewali and `Adra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.