Rawang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rawang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rawang plotted against Selangor and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Rawang followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Selangor which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Rawang's incremental SNDi rose from 5.32 to 6.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rawang ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Selangor and 33rd out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.53
- Rank in Malaysia
- 37th of 43
- Rank in Selangor
- 5th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.41
- Rank in Malaysia
- 33rd of 43
- Rank in Selangor
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Geelong, Australia
- Guoyang, China
- Dong, China
- Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
- Yalova, Turkey
- Xinzhou District, China
In new street additions, Rawang and Debre Birhan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Geelong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Rawang and Geelong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.