Emişbeleni 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 Emişbeleni plotted against Antalya and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Emişbeleni was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Antalya which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Emişbeleni's incremental SNDi rose from 2.57 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Emişbeleni ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Antalya and 153rd 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?

• Qiubei, China
• Balqaş, Kazakhstan
• Ciudad Hidalgo, México
• Bongdam, South Korea
• Moa, Cuba
• Qila Didar Singh, Pakistan

In new street additions, Emişbeleni built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Qiubei built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bongdam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Emişbeleni and Bongdam both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Qiubei grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Emişbeleni had a more sprawly network than Bongdam in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.