Fasa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fasa plotted against Fars and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Fasa peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Fars which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Fasa's incremental SNDi fell from 3.2 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fasa ranked 1st out of 11 cities in Fars and 64th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Rayadurg, India
• Shofirkon, Uzbekistan
• Čačak, Serbia
• Fatehpur, India
• Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
• Palasa-Kasibugga, India

In new street additions, Fasa and Rayadurg both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Fatehpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fasa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rayadurg became progressively more disconnected and Fatehpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Fasa and Rayadurg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.