Ambon in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ambon in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ambon plotted against Maluku and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Ambon followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Maluku which peaked in 1976-1990 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Ambon's incremental SNDi rose from 7.52 to 8.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambon ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Maluku and 361st out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.27
- Rank in Indonesia
- 350th of 366
- Rank in Maluku
- 4th of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.97
- Rank in Indonesia
- 361st of 366
- Rank in Maluku
- 4th of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Magelang, Indonesia
- Joharabad, Pakistan
- Eluru, India
- Kosti, Sudan
- Pegu, Myanmar
In new street additions, Dinajpur and Eluru both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ambon fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.