Pandan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pandan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pandan plotted against Sumatera Utara and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pandan's incremental SNDi rose from 5.87 to 6.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pandan ranked 17th out of 21 cities in Sumatera Utara and 307th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.05
- Rank in Indonesia
- 242nd of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Utara
- 10th of 21
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.28
- Rank in Indonesia
- 307th of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Utara
- 17th of 21
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Fatehpur, India
- Kondagaon, India
- Kastamonu, Turkey
- Ubiaja, Nigeria
- Sankarankovil, India
- Baalbek, Lebanon
In new street additions, Pandan and Ubiaja both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fatehpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pandan and Ubiaja both became progressively more disconnected, while Fatehpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Pandan and Fatehpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.