Bandar Ganaveh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bandar Ganaveh in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar GanavehBushehr (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bandar Ganaveh plotted against Bushehr and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Bandar Ganaveh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Bushehr which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Bandar Ganaveh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 1.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bandar Ganaveh ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Bushehr and 4th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Iran
7th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in Iran
4th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

05101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
05101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar GanavehBarogramBhutan

In new street additions, Bandar Ganaveh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barogram fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bhutan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bandar Ganaveh fluctuated in connectivity, while Barogram fluctuated in connectivity and Bhutan fluctuated in connectivity. Bandar Ganaveh and Bhutan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.