Amasya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Amasya 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
AmasyaTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amasya plotted against Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Amasya followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, while Turkey followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Amasya's incremental SNDi fell from 2.08 to 1.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amasya ranked 91st out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Turkey
25th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Turkey
91st of 174

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
AmasyaLakki MarwatPeng'an

While Lakki Marwat and Peng'an both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Amasya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Amasya became progressively more connected, while Lakki Marwat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Peng'an grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Amasya and Lakki Marwat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.