ساحلی in context: Street-network sprawl trends

sHly in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
sHlyBushehr (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with ساحلی plotted against Bushehr and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in ساحلی followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Bushehr which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, ساحلی's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, ساحلی ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Bushehr and 14th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Iran
16th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Iran
14th of 169
Rank in Bushehr
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
sHlyPeppeganjDawang

While Peppeganj and Dawang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, ساحلی fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Peppeganj and Dawang both became progressively more disconnected, while ساحلی became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, ساحلی had a more sprawly network than Dawang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.