Pangkalan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pangkalan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pangkalan plotted against Sarawak and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Pangkalan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Sarawak which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Pangkalan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.53 to 4.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pangkalan ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Sarawak and 30th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.87
- Rank in Malaysia
- 23rd of 43
- Rank in Sarawak
- 1st of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in Malaysia
- 30th of 43
- Rank in Sarawak
- 2nd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Agaie, Nigeria
- Upington, South Africa
- Dongargarh, India
- Moba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Puerto Cortés, Honduras
- Yuekou, China
In new street additions, Pangkalan and Moba both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Agaie built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pangkalan and Moba both fluctuated in connectivity, while Agaie became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Pangkalan and Moba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.