Dogonbadan 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 Dogonbadan plotted against Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Dogonbadan was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Dogonbadan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.92 to 3.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dogonbadan ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and 87th 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?

• Khewra, Pakistan
• San Andrés Tuxtla, México
• Fengqing County, China
• Dongargarh, India
• Upington, South Africa
• Agaie, Nigeria

In new street additions, Dogonbadan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Khewra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dongargarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dogonbadan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Khewra fluctuated in connectivity and Dongargarh became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Dogonbadan had a more sprawly network than Khewra in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.