Fuladshahr in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fuladshahr in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fuladshahr plotted against Esfahan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Fuladshahr 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, Fuladshahr's incremental SNDi fell from 4.43 to 3.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fuladshahr ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Esfahan and 138th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.32
- Rank in Iran
- 81st of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 3rd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.84
- Rank in Iran
- 138th of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 5th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Akhorwal, Pakistan
- Hejie, China
- Salka, Nigeria
- Saint Cloud, United States
- Brazlândia, Brazil
- Ishkamish, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Fuladshahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Akhorwal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Saint Cloud fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fuladshahr fluctuated in connectivity, while Akhorwal became progressively more connected and Saint Cloud became progressively more disconnected.