Bitung in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bitung in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BitungSulawesi Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bitung plotted against Sulawesi Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Bitung followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sulawesi Utara which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Bitung's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 4.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bitung ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Sulawesi Utara and 114th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.64
Rank in Indonesia
74th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Indonesia
114th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BitungKindiaToba Tek Singh

In new street additions, Bitung and Kindia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Toba Tek Singh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Bitung had a more sprawly network than Kindia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.