Baharestan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baharestan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baharestan plotted against Esfahan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Baharestan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Esfahan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Baharestan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.81 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baharestan ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Esfahan and 157th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.67
- Rank in Iran
- 147th of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 8th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.74
- Rank in Iran
- 157th of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Baharestan and Bucheki both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Badah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Baharestan and Bucheki both became progressively more connected, while Badah became progressively more disconnected. Baharestan and Badah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.