Afyonkarahisar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Afyonkarahisar in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AfyonkarahisarAfyon (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Afyonkarahisar plotted against Afyon and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Afyonkarahisar's incremental SNDi rose from 1.93 to 1.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Afyonkarahisar ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Afyon and 76th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Turkey
59th of 174
Rank in Afyon
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Turkey
76th of 174
Rank in Afyon
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AfyonkarahisarSalangaHaveli Lakha

In new street additions, Afyonkarahisar and Salanga both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Haveli Lakha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Afyonkarahisar fluctuated in connectivity, while Salanga became progressively more disconnected and Haveli Lakha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Afyonkarahisar and Salanga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.