جیرفت 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 جیرفت plotted against Kerman and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in جیرفت was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Kerman which fell steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, جیرفت's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 2.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, جیرفت ranked 12th out of 14 cities in Kerman and 98th 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?

• Payyanur, India
• Karad, India
• Bridgeport, United States
• Kamalia, Pakistan
• El Alamito, México
• Mandiraja, Indonesia

In new street additions, جیرفت built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Payyanur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kamalia built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, جیرفت became progressively more connected, while Payyanur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kamalia became progressively more disconnected. جیرفت and Kamalia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.