Kavar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kavar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kavar plotted against Fars and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Kavar was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Fars which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Kavar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 2.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kavar ranked 5th out of 11 cities in Fars and 84th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.78
- Rank in Iran
- 48th of 169
- Rank in Fars
- 2nd of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.93
- Rank in Iran
- 84th of 169
- Rank in Fars
- 5th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Yiwu and Tirana both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kavar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yiwu and Tirana both became progressively more disconnected, while Kavar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kavar had a more sprawly network than Tirana in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.