Bantaeng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bantaeng plotted against Sulawesi Selatan and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bantaeng's incremental SNDi rose from 5.61 to 6.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bantaeng ranked 4th out of 12 cities in Sulawesi Selatan and 49th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Avaré, Brazil
• Hedong, China
• Meichuan, China
• Mila, Algeria
• Tetovo, North Macedonia
• Addis Kidan, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Bantaeng and Avaré both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mila built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bantaeng and Avaré both became progressively more disconnected, while Mila grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Bantaeng had a more connected network than Mila in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.