Kampung Rinching Hulu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kampung Rinching Hulu 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
Kampung Rinching HuluSelangor (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kampung Rinching Hulu plotted against Selangor and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Kampung Rinching Hulu was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Selangor which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kampung Rinching Hulu's incremental SNDi rose from 4.02 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kampung Rinching Hulu ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Selangor and 27th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.27
Rank in Malaysia
26th of 43
Rank in Selangor
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in Malaysia
27th of 43
Rank in Selangor
3rd of 5

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
Kampung Rinching HuluSan CarlosGurlan

While San Carlos and Gurlan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kampung Rinching Hulu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, San Carlos and Gurlan both became progressively more disconnected, while Kampung Rinching Hulu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Kampung Rinching Hulu had a more sprawly network than San Carlos in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.