Tomohon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tomohon 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
TomohonSulawesi Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tomohon plotted against Sulawesi Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Tomohon peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sulawesi Utara which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Tomohon's incremental SNDi fell from 5.05 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tomohon ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Sulawesi Utara and 116th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in Indonesia
92nd of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in Indonesia
116th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
4th of 7

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
TomohonLaifengBrockton

In new street additions, Tomohon and Brockton both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Laifeng built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.