Tonekabon in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tonekabon in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tonekabon plotted against Mazandaran and Iran. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tonekabon's incremental SNDi rose from 6.28 to 8.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tonekabon ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Mazandaran and 167th out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.77
- Rank in Iran
- 167th of 169
- Rank in Mazandaran
- 7th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.62
- Rank in Iran
- 167th of 169
- Rank in Mazandaran
- 7th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al Hoceima, Morocco
- Zhenhai District, China
- Hernandarias, Paraguay
- Yata, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Keighley, United Kingdom
- La Orotava, Spain
In new street additions, Tonekabon and Yata both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Hoceima built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.