Bukit Sentosa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bukit Sentosa in context

44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bukit SentosaSelangor (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bukit Sentosa plotted against Selangor and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Bukit Sentosa followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Selangor which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Bukit Sentosa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.28 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bukit Sentosa ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Selangor and 23rd out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.79
Rank in Malaysia
22nd of 43
Rank in Selangor
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in Malaysia
23rd of 43
Rank in Selangor
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bukit SentosaZurmiMarhamat

In new street additions, Bukit Sentosa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zurmi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Marhamat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bukit Sentosa fluctuated in connectivity, while Zurmi fluctuated in connectivity and Marhamat became progressively more disconnected. Bukit Sentosa and Zurmi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.