Batusangkar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Batusangkar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Batusangkar plotted against Sumatera Barat and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Batusangkar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sumatera Barat which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Batusangkar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.72 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batusangkar ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Sumatera Barat and 222nd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.26
- Rank in Indonesia
- 46th of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Barat
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.44
- Rank in Indonesia
- 222nd of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Barat
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- T'aet'an-eup, North Korea
- Jammalamadugu, India
- Chagalnaiya, Bangladesh
- Ekenobizi, Nigeria
- Dundet, Egypt
- Huai'an, China
While T'aet'an-eup and Ekenobizi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Batusangkar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.