Kampong Pulau Melayu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kampong Pulau Melayu in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kampong Pulau MelayuSarawak (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kampong Pulau Melayu plotted against Sarawak and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Kampong Pulau Melayu peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sarawak which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kampong Pulau Melayu's incremental SNDi fell from 8.69 to 6.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kampong Pulau Melayu ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Sarawak and 34th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.2
Rank in Malaysia
34th of 43
Rank in Sarawak
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.43
Rank in Malaysia
34th of 43
Rank in Sarawak
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kampong Pulau MelayuKuala SimpangLhokseumawe

While Kuala Simpang and Lhokseumawe both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kampong Pulau Melayu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.