Sandakan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sandakan in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SandakanSabah (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sandakan plotted against Sabah and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Sandakan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sabah which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Sandakan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.39 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sandakan ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Sabah and 36th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.27
Rank in Malaysia
27th of 43
Rank in Sabah
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.48
Rank in Malaysia
36th of 43
Rank in Sabah
1st of 6

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
SandakanSanyaAraria

In new street additions, Sandakan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sanya built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Araria built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sandakan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sanya became progressively more disconnected and Araria grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Sandakan had a more connected network than Araria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.