Kabanjahe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kabanjahe in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KabanjaheSumatera Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kabanjahe plotted against Sumatera Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Kabanjahe followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sumatera Utara which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kabanjahe's incremental SNDi rose from 6.06 to 7.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabanjahe ranked 18th out of 21 cities in Sumatera Utara and 324th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.75
Rank in Indonesia
337th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
17th of 21

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.51
Rank in Indonesia
324th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
18th of 21

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
KabanjaheAkuPushkin

In new street additions, Kabanjahe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Aku built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Pushkin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.