Bandar Seri Begawan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bandar Seri Begawan in context

5.66.377.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5.66.377.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei and Muara (Region)Brunei (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bandar Seri Begawan plotted against Brunei and Muara and Brunei. The SNDi of new construction in Bandar Seri Begawan rose steadily, compared to Brunei and Muara which peaked in 1991-2005 and Brunei which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bandar Seri Begawan's incremental SNDi rose from 7.5 to 7.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bandar Seri Begawan ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Brunei and Muara and 1st out of 2 in Brunei as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.72
Rank in Brunei
2nd of 2
Rank in Brunei and Muara
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.18
Rank in Brunei
1st of 2
Rank in Brunei and Muara
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar Seri BegawanLarnacaIida

In new street additions, Bandar Seri Begawan and Larnaca both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Iida built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.