Nicosia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nicosia in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NicosiaNorthern Cyprus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nicosia plotted against Northern Cyprus. The SNDi of new construction in Nicosia rose steadily, while Northern Cyprus followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nicosia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.56 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nicosia ranked 1st out of 1 in Northern Cyprus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Northern Cyprus
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Northern Cyprus
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NicosiaJaldhakaHikone

In new street additions, Nicosia built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jaldhaka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hikone fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nicosia and Hikone both became progressively more disconnected, while Jaldhaka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.