Amol in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Amol in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amol plotted against Mazandaran and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Amol's incremental SNDi rose from 6.21 to 6.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amol ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Mazandaran and 166th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.37
- Rank in Iran
- 164th of 169
- Rank in Mazandaran
- 4th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.39
- Rank in Iran
- 166th of 169
- Rank in Mazandaran
- 6th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jerez, Spain
- El Geneina, Sudan
- Khujand, Tajikistan
- Auchi, Nigeria
- Nandail, Bangladesh
- Xushui District, China
In new street additions, Amol and Auchi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jerez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Amol and Auchi both became progressively more disconnected, while Jerez fluctuated in connectivity.