Taiping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taiping 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
TaipingPerak (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taiping plotted against Perak and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Taiping followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Perak which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Taiping's incremental SNDi rose from 3.6 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taiping ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Perak and 6th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Malaysia
6th of 43
Rank in Perak
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Malaysia
6th of 43
Rank in Perak
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaipingArifwalaKabinda

In new street additions, Taiping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arifwala built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kabinda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Taiping and Arifwala both became progressively more disconnected, while Kabinda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Taiping had a more sprawly network than Arifwala in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.