Anar 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 Anar plotted against Kerman and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Anar fell steadily, compared to Kerman which fell steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Anar's incremental SNDi fell from 2.27 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anar ranked 5th out of 14 cities in Kerman and 31st 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?

• Dongxing, China
• Linköping, Sweden
• Sherbrooke, Canada
• Jamalganj, Bangladesh
• Nalitabari, Bangladesh
• Campo Mourão, Brazil

In new street additions, Anar and Jamalganj both built increasingly connected streets over time, while Dongxing built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Anar and Jamalganj both became progressively more connected, while Dongxing became progressively more disconnected. Anar and Dongxing have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.