Watampone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Watampone in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Watampone plotted against Sulawesi Selatan and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Watampone peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sulawesi Selatan which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Watampone's incremental SNDi fell from 5.99 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Watampone ranked 8th out of 12 cities in Sulawesi Selatan and 131st out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.86
Rank in Indonesia
95th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Selatan
3rd of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Indonesia
131st of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Selatan
8th of 12

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
WatamponeNikopolSafipur

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