Luwuk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Luwuk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Luwuk plotted against Sulawesi Tengah and Indonesia. While Sulawesi Tengah and Indonesia both rose steadily, Luwuk's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Luwuk's incremental SNDi rose from 5.74 to 5.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Luwuk ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Sulawesi Tengah and 184th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.77
- Rank in Indonesia
- 217th of 366
- Rank in Sulawesi Tengah
- 3rd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.21
- Rank in Indonesia
- 184th of 366
- Rank in Sulawesi Tengah
- 4th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gimbichu, Ethiopia
- Zango Bichi, Nigeria
- Molepolole, Botswana
- Bailundo, Angola
- Manihari, India
- Esna, Egypt
Luwuk, Gimbichu, and Bailundo all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Luwuk and Gimbichu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.