Shokuhieh Industrial Town: city in Qom, Iran
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Shokuhieh Industrial Town as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.18, which is relatively well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, 1.46 and 2.18. Data was not available in 1975 and 1976-1990.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Shokuhieh Industrial Town spans a total of 69 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, nan, 1.46 and 2.18. Data was not available in 1975 and 1976-1990.
Shokuhieh Industrial Town and Qom do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Qom was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
How do development practices in Shokuhieh Industrial Town fare in comparison to others in Qom? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Shokuhieh Industrial Town was the 3rd-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in Qom. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Qom, street construction in Shokuhieh Industrial Town has become more connected. Shokuhieh Industrial Town ranked 2nd in 1991-2000 and 3rd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Shokuhieh Industrial Town and Iran do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Iran was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
How do development practices in Shokuhieh Industrial Town fare in comparison to others in Iran? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Shokuhieh Industrial Town was the 121st-most disconnected out of the 181 cities in Iran. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Iran, street construction in Shokuhieh Industrial Town has become more connected. Shokuhieh Industrial Town ranked 118th in 1991-2000 and 121st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Shokuhieh Industrial Town and Qom do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Qom was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Shokuhieh Industrial Town is the 2nd-most disconnected out of the 3 cities in Qom. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Shokuhieh Industrial Town ranked 2nd in 1991-2000 and 2nd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Shokuhieh Industrial Town and Iran do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Iran was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Shokuhieh Industrial Town is the 84th-most disconnected out of the 181 cities in Iran. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Iran, the street network in Shokuhieh Industrial Town has become more disconnected. Shokuhieh Industrial Town ranked 120th in 1991-2000 and 84th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Shokuhieh Industrial Town had a built-up area of 3.25 square kilometers, and a population of 55791 people.
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