Minab in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Minab in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minab plotted against Hormozgan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Minab 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, Minab's incremental SNDi rose from 3.12 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minab ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Hormozgan and 108th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.78
- Rank in Iran
- 115th of 169
- Rank in Hormozgan
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.24
- Rank in Iran
- 108th of 169
- Rank in Hormozgan
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Durlovpur, India
- Zhongxin, China
- Saint Michel de l’Attalaye, Haiti
- Tarutung, Indonesia
- Tocoa, Honduras
- Ajibarang, Indonesia
In new street additions, Minab and Durlovpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tarutung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Minab and Durlovpur both fluctuated in connectivity, while Tarutung became progressively more disconnected.