Kozan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kozan in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KozanAdana (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kozan plotted against Adana and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kozan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.71 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kozan ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Adana and 57th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Turkey
121st of 174
Rank in Adana
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Turkey
57th of 174
Rank in Adana
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KozanMbalmayoMankessim

While Mbalmayo and Mankessim both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kozan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kozan and Mbalmayo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.