Sugözü 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 Sugözü plotted against Adana and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Sugözü was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Adana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sugözü's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 12.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sugözü ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Adana and 172nd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bili, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mocímboa da Praia, Mozambique
• Fernandópolis, Brazil
• Soroti, Uganda
• Daman, India
• Livny, Russia

In new street additions, Sugözü and Soroti both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bili built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sugözü became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Bili became progressively more disconnected and Soroti became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.