Prabumulih in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Prabumulih plotted against Sumatera Selatan and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Prabumulih followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sumatera Selatan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Prabumulih's incremental SNDi rose from 3.35 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Prabumulih ranked 3rd out of 11 cities in Sumatera Selatan and 52nd out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Fuguancun, China
• Kabirwala, Pakistan
• Amassoma, Nigeria
• Aramoko-Ekiti, Nigeria
• Ngozi, Burundi
• Bozhou, China

In new street additions, Prabumulih fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fuguancun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Aramoko-Ekiti built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Prabumulih and Aramoko-Ekiti both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuguancun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Prabumulih and Fuguancun have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.