Kendari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kendari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kendari plotted against Sulawesi Tenggara and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kendari's incremental SNDi rose from 5.58 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kendari ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Sulawesi Tenggara and 284th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.98
- Rank in Indonesia
- 318th of 366
- Rank in Sulawesi Tenggara
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in Indonesia
- 284th of 366
- Rank in Sulawesi Tenggara
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kendari and Padrauna both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zhaodong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kendari and Padrauna both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhaodong fluctuated in connectivity. Kendari and Zhaodong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.