The result of highway strip index obtained for Kuantan city is 0.063 and it shows as very low indexes [HSmun = 1984/31669] for urban sprawl development.
The number of residential lot within the buffer area (highway strip index = 1) is only 1984 lots compared to numbers outside the buffered area (Highway strip index = 0) which is 31 669 lots.
This study was focuses on investigating a highway strip occurrence in one district with different road categories and different types of residential area instead of comparing of its application in more than one district. The result shows that a study by Hasse and Lathrop (2003) and Mesev (2007) for highway strip development index was 0value or low sprawl because of the limited highway area in their study area.