Tondano in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tondano in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TondanoSulawesi Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tondano plotted against Sulawesi Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Tondano peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sulawesi Utara which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Tondano's incremental SNDi fell from 6.65 to 5.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tondano ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Sulawesi Utara and 165th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.73
Rank in Indonesia
213th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.11
Rank in Indonesia
165th of 366
Rank in Sulawesi Utara
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TondanoBhainsaGaoyao

In new street additions, Tondano built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bhainsa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gaoyao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tondano and Bhainsa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.