Kashmar 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 Kashmar plotted against Razavi Khorasan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Kashmar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Razavi Khorasan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Kashmar's incremental SNDi fell from 2.5 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kashmar ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Razavi Khorasan and 39th 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?

• Afak, Iraq
• Gouder, Ethiopia
• Khagrachhari, Bangladesh
• Yongning, China
• Imehejek, South Sudan
• Anka, Nigeria

In new street additions, Kashmar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Afak built increasingly connected streets over time and Yongning built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kashmar and Afak both became progressively more connected, while Yongning became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.