Shahreza in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahreza in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahreza plotted against Esfahan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Shahreza followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Esfahan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Shahreza's incremental SNDi fell from 3.95 to 3.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahreza ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Esfahan and 136th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.85
- Rank in Iran
- 120th of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 6th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.8
- Rank in Iran
- 136th of 169
- Rank in Esfahan
- 3rd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran
- Belthara Road, India
- Xonqa, Uzbekistan
- Paita, Peru
- Lorient, France
- Bountiful, United States
In new street additions, Shahreza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bandar-e Mahshahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Paita built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shahreza fluctuated in connectivity, while Bandar-e Mahshahr grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Paita became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.