Dungun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dungun in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DungunTrengganu (Region)Malaysia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dungun plotted against Trengganu and Malaysia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dungun's incremental SNDi rose from 3.36 to 4.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dungun ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Trengganu and 2nd out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in Malaysia
19th of 43
Rank in Trengganu
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in Malaysia
2nd of 43
Rank in Trengganu
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DungunPortlandKarakash

In new street additions, Dungun built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Portland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Karakash built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dungun and Portland both became progressively more disconnected, while Karakash became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Dungun and Portland have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.