Fahraj 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 Fahraj plotted against Kerman and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Fahraj peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Kerman which fell steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Fahraj's incremental SNDi fell from 1.39 to 1.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fahraj ranked 2nd out of 14 cities in Kerman and 3rd 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?

• El Eulma, Algeria
• Sunbo, Egypt
• Ikire, Nigeria
• Riwoto, South Sudan
• Dianjiang, China
• Sherpur, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Fahraj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while El Eulma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Riwoto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fahraj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while El Eulma fluctuated in connectivity and Riwoto became progressively more connected. Notably, Fahraj had a more sprawly network than El Eulma in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.