Mustafa Kemal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mustafa Kemal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mustafa Kemal plotted against Ankara and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Mustafa Kemal peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Ankara which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mustafa Kemal's incremental SNDi fell from 1.85 to 1.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mustafa Kemal ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Ankara and 63rd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.83
- Rank in Turkey
- 43rd of 174
- Rank in Ankara
- 1st of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in Turkey
- 63rd of 174
- Rank in Ankara
- 1st of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mustafa Kemal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Shangli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ahoada built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mustafa Kemal fluctuated in connectivity, while Shangli became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Ahoada became progressively more disconnected. Mustafa Kemal and Shangli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.