Teluk Intan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Teluk Intan in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Teluk IntanPerak (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Teluk Intan plotted against Perak and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Teluk Intan 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, Teluk Intan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.31 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Teluk Intan ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Perak and 7th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Malaysia
2nd of 43
Rank in Perak
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Malaysia
7th of 43
Rank in Perak
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Teluk IntanMakhdumnagarPhetchaburi

In new street additions, Teluk Intan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Makhdumnagar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Phetchaburi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Teluk Intan and Phetchaburi both became progressively more disconnected, while Makhdumnagar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Teluk Intan and Makhdumnagar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.