Borazjan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Borazjan 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
BorazjanBushehr (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Borazjan plotted against Bushehr and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Borazjan 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, Borazjan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.84 to 2.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Borazjan ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Bushehr and 8th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Iran
13th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Iran
8th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BorazjanOvalleAtlantis

While Ovalle and Atlantis both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Borazjan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ovalle and Atlantis both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Borazjan fluctuated in connectivity.