Bingöl in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bingol in context

2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BingolTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bingöl plotted against Turkey. Both Bingöl and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Bingöl's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bingöl ranked 137th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Turkey
140th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Turkey
137th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BingolWanshengAl Khalis

In new street additions, Bingöl and Wansheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Khalis built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bingöl and Al Khalis both became progressively more disconnected, while Wansheng fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bingöl had a more sprawly network than Al Khalis in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.