Pangkalan Brandan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pangkalan Brandan in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pangkalan BrandanSumatera Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pangkalan Brandan plotted against Sumatera Utara and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Pangkalan Brandan was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Sumatera Utara which rose steadily and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Pangkalan Brandan's incremental SNDi rose from 6.56 to 11.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pangkalan Brandan ranked 19th out of 21 cities in Sumatera Utara and 329th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.04
Rank in Indonesia
364th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
21st of 21

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.63
Rank in Indonesia
329th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
19th of 21

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pangkalan BrandanFaya-LargeauQing

In new street additions, Pangkalan Brandan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Faya-Largeau fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pangkalan Brandan and Faya-Largeau both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Qing became progressively more disconnected. Pangkalan Brandan and Faya-Largeau have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.