Rabor 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 Rabor plotted against Kerman and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Rabor followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Kerman which fell steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Rabor's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rabor ranked 6th out of 14 cities in Kerman and 34th 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?

• Ingolstadt, Germany
• Al Qoddaba, Egypt
• Baisi, India
• Tempeh, Indonesia
• Rantepao, Indonesia
• Jiyang, China

In new street additions, Rabor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ingolstadt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tempeh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rabor grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ingolstadt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tempeh became progressively more disconnected. Rabor and Ingolstadt have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.