Bandar Abbas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bandar Abbas in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar AbbasHormozgan (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bandar Abbas plotted against Hormozgan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Bandar Abbas followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Hormozgan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Bandar Abbas's incremental SNDi rose from 3.84 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bandar Abbas ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Hormozgan and 60th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Iran
125th of 169
Rank in Hormozgan
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Iran
60th of 169
Rank in Hormozgan
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bandar AbbasPyongsongWenjiang

In new street additions, Bandar Abbas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pyŏngsŏng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Wenjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bandar Abbas and Wenjiang both became progressively more disconnected, while Pyŏngsŏng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bandar Abbas and Wenjiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.