Abhar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abhar in context

2.733.33.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.733.33.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbharZanjan (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abhar plotted against Zanjan and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Abhar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Zanjan which rose steadily and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Abhar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.76 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abhar ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Zanjan and 63rd out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Iran
47th of 169
Rank in Zanjan
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Iran
63rd of 169
Rank in Zanjan
2nd of 2

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbharDaegotPhu Yen

While Daegot and Phù Yên both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Abhar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Daegot and Phù Yên both became progressively more disconnected, while Abhar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Abhar and Daegot have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.