Mudanya in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mudanya in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mudanya plotted against Bursa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Mudanya 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, Mudanya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mudanya ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Bursa and 60th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.73
- Rank in Turkey
- 124th of 174
- Rank in Bursa
- 5th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.82
- Rank in Turkey
- 60th of 174
- Rank in Bursa
- 4th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mudanya and Slatina both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Venice fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mudanya and Slatina both became progressively more disconnected, while Venice became progressively more connected. Notably, Mudanya had a more connected network than Venice in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.