Kobakma in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kobakma in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kobakma plotted against Papua and Indonesia. The SNDi of new construction in Kobakma was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Papua which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Indonesia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kobakma's incremental SNDi rose from 1.01 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kobakma ranked 10th out of 15 cities in Papua and 311th out of 366 in Indonesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.03
- Rank in Indonesia
- 8th of 366
- Rank in Papua
- 4th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.31
- Rank in Indonesia
- 311th of 366
- Rank in Papua
- 10th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nuku'alofa, Tonga
- Tiberias, Israel
- La Lima, Honduras
- Shalaambood, Somalia
- Lagunen, Norway
- Mirzay, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Nuku'alofa and Shalaambood both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Kobakma built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Nuku'alofa and Shalaambood both fluctuated in connectivity, while Kobakma became progressively more connected. Kobakma and Nuku'alofa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.