Chukai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chukai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chukai plotted against Trengganu and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Chukai followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Trengganu which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Chukai's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 3.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chukai ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Trengganu and 9th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.79
- Rank in Malaysia
- 4th of 43
- Rank in Trengganu
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.59
- Rank in Malaysia
- 9th of 43
- Rank in Trengganu
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
- Wijigra, Ethiopia
- Ariwara, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Hamaschkorieb, Sudan
- Ekeje, Nigeria
- Datun, China
In new street additions, Chukai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kempten (Allgäu) built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hamaschkorieb built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Chukai fluctuated in connectivity, while Kempten (Allgäu) became progressively more disconnected and Hamaschkorieb became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.