Khomein in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khomein in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khomein plotted against Markazi and Iran. While Markazi and Iran both rose steadily, Khomein's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Khomein's incremental SNDi rose from 2.21 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khomein ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Markazi and 21st out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.56
- Rank in Iran
- 31st of 169
- Rank in Markazi
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in Iran
- 21st of 169
- Rank in Markazi
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Donkorkrom, Ghana
- Jize, China
- Dengbu, China
- Mandimba, Mozambique
- Fazenda Castro, Brazil
- Iserlohn, Germany
Khomein, Donkorkrom, and Mandimba all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Khomein and Donkorkrom have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.