Hoveyzeh 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 Hoveyzeh plotted against Khuzestan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Hoveyzeh was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Khuzestan which rose steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Hoveyzeh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hoveyzeh ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Khuzestan and 26th 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?

• Ailliet, Sudan
• Furong, China
• Chirimiri, India
• Mezhdurechensk, Russia
• Nowshera Virkan, Pakistan
• Pouss, Cameroon

In new street additions, Hoveyzeh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ailliet fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mezhdurechensk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hoveyzeh became progressively more connected, while Ailliet fluctuated in connectivity and Mezhdurechensk became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Hoveyzeh had a more sprawly network than Mezhdurechensk in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.