Seerik 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 Seerik plotted against Hormozgan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Seerik was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Hormozgan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Seerik's incremental SNDi rose from 3.52 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Seerik ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Hormozgan and 132nd 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?

• San Fernando, Spain
• Wazirganj, India
• Jatilawang, Indonesia
• Faranah, Guinea
• Pailapool, India
• Pergamino, Argentina

In new street additions, Seerik built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while San Fernando built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Faranah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, San Fernando and Faranah both became progressively more disconnected, while Seerik became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Seerik and Faranah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.