Baneh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baneh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baneh plotted against Kordestan and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Baneh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baneh ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Kordestan and 56th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.43
- Rank in Iran
- 93rd of 169
- Rank in Kordestan
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.73
- Rank in Iran
- 56th of 169
- Rank in Kordestan
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bodinayakkanur, India
- Lishu, China
- Challakere, India
- Dompu, Indonesia
- Piedecuesta, Colombia
- Jiawang, China
In new street additions, Baneh and Dompu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bodinayakkanur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Baneh and Bodinayakkanur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.