Sidiangkat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sidiangkat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sidiangkat plotted against Sumatera Utara and Indonesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sidiangkat's incremental SNDi rose from 4.77 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidiangkat ranked 2nd out of 21 cities in Sumatera Utara and 96th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.4
- Rank in Indonesia
- 172nd of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Utara
- 3rd of 21
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.75
- Rank in Indonesia
- 96th of 366
- Rank in Sumatera Utara
- 2nd of 21
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, China
- Wa, Ghana
- Thayarwady, Myanmar
- Ermelo, South Africa
- Korem, Ethiopia
- Rosales, Philippines
In new street additions, Sidiangkat and Ermelo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mojiang Hani Autonomous County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.