Batu Pahat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Batu Pahat in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Batu PahatJohor (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Batu Pahat plotted against Johor and Malaysia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Batu Pahat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.91 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batu Pahat ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Johor and 8th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in Malaysia
18th of 43
Rank in Johor
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Malaysia
8th of 43
Rank in Johor
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Batu PahatPatherwaBryansk

In new street additions, Batu Pahat built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Patherwa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bryansk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Batu Pahat and Bryansk both became progressively more disconnected, while Patherwa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Batu Pahat had a more connected network than Patherwa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.