Rasht in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rasht in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rasht plotted against Gilan and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rasht's incremental SNDi rose from 5.28 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rasht ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Gilan and 155th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Iran
- 158th of 169
- Rank in Gilan
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.56
- Rank in Iran
- 155th of 169
- Rank in Gilan
- 4th of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Astrakhan, Russia
- Jember, Indonesia
- Oujda, Morocco
- Mazar i sharif, Afghanistan
- Benghazi, Libya
In new street additions, Rasht built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gothenburg built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Oujda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Rasht and Gothenburg both became progressively more disconnected, while Oujda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.