Shush in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shush in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShushKhuzestan (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shush plotted against Khuzestan and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shush's incremental SNDi rose from 2.13 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shush ranked 2nd out of 15 cities in Khuzestan and 18th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Iran
51st of 169
Rank in Khuzestan
4th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Iran
18th of 169
Rank in Khuzestan
2nd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShushCam RanhMeshginshahr

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