Kota Kinabalu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kota Kinabalu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kota Kinabalu plotted against Sabah and Malaysia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kota Kinabalu's incremental SNDi rose from 8.19 to 8.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kota Kinabalu ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Sabah and 43rd out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.56
- Rank in Malaysia
- 42nd of 43
- Rank in Sabah
- 5th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.65
- Rank in Malaysia
- 43rd of 43
- Rank in Sabah
- 6th 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, Kota Kinabalu and Shangqiu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dighwara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kota Kinabalu and Shangqiu both became progressively more disconnected, while Dighwara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kota Kinabalu and Dighwara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.