جوانرود in context: Street-network sprawl trends

jwnrwd in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
jwnrwdKermanshah (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with جوانرود plotted against Kermanshah and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, جوانرود's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, جوانرود ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Kermanshah and 71st out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Iran
77th of 169
Rank in Kermanshah
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in Iran
71st of 169
Rank in Kermanshah
2nd of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
jwnrwdZangoKalianget

In new street additions, جوانرود and Zango both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kalianget built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Zango and Kalianget both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while جوانرود became progressively more disconnected. Notably, جوانرود had a more connected network than Zango in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.