Tawau in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tawau in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tawau plotted against Sabah and Malaysia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tawau's incremental SNDi rose from 6.86 to 7.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tawau ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Sabah and 37th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.43
- Rank in Malaysia
- 40th of 43
- Rank in Sabah
- 3rd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.82
- Rank in Malaysia
- 37th of 43
- Rank in Sabah
- 2nd 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, Tawau built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wenling built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dewas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tawau and Dewas both became progressively more disconnected, while Wenling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.