Kluang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kluang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kluang plotted against Johor and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Kluang followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Johor which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kluang's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kluang ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Johor and 4th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.14
- Rank in Malaysia
- 8th of 43
- Rank in Johor
- 3rd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.18
- Rank in Malaysia
- 4th of 43
- Rank in Johor
- 1st of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kluang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Virudhunagar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Modena built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kluang and Virudhunagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.