Malacca City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malacca City in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Malacca CityMelaka (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malacca City plotted against Melaka and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Malacca City followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Melaka which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Malacca City's incremental SNDi rose from 4.1 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malacca City ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Melaka and 15th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in Malaysia
14th of 43
Rank in Melaka
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Malaysia
15th of 43
Rank in Melaka
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Malacca CityEskisehirConstantine

In new street additions, Malacca City fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Eskisehir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Constantine built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.