Rantau Prapat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rantau Prapat in context

456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rantau PrapatSumatera Utara (Region)Indonesia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rantau Prapat plotted against Sumatera Utara and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rantau Prapat's incremental SNDi rose from 5.31 to 5.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rantau Prapat ranked 12th out of 21 cities in Sumatera Utara and 257th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.54
Rank in Indonesia
190th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
5th of 21

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.71
Rank in Indonesia
257th of 366
Rank in Sumatera Utara
12th of 21

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rantau PrapatYunfuPuerto Vallarta

In new street additions, Rantau Prapat and Puerto Vallarta both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yunfu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Rantau Prapat and Puerto Vallarta both became progressively more disconnected, while Yunfu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Rantau Prapat and Yunfu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.