Kuala Terengganu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuala Terengganu plotted against Trengganu and Malaysia. The SNDi of new construction in Kuala Terengganu peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Trengganu which rose steadily and Malaysia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kuala Terengganu's incremental SNDi fell from 4.34 to 4.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuala Terengganu ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Trengganu and 20th out of 43 in Malaysia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Miyun, China
• Dazhuang, Taiwan
• Wendeng, China
• Binhai, China
• Areraj, India
• Gao'an, China

While Miyun and Binhai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kuala Terengganu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Kuala Terengganu and Miyun both became progressively more disconnected, while Binhai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kuala Terengganu and Binhai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.