Karacabey in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Karacabey in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karacabey plotted against Bursa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Karacabey rose steadily, compared to Bursa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Karacabey's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 1.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karacabey ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Bursa and 2nd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.73
- Rank in Turkey
- 28th of 174
- Rank in Bursa
- 2nd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.02
- Rank in Turkey
- 2nd of 174
- Rank in Bursa
- 1st of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Goz Beïda, Chad
- Benslimane, Morocco
- Eskilstuna, Sweden
- Lundazi, Zambia
- Chiure-Sede, Mozambique
- Banwaripur, India
In new street additions, Karacabey built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Goz Beïda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lundazi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Karacabey became progressively more disconnected, while Goz Beïda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lundazi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.