Mustafakemalpaşa 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 Mustafakemalpaşa plotted against Bursa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Mustafakemalpaşa was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Mustafakemalpaşa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.58 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mustafakemalpaşa ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Bursa and 48th 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?

• Tilouthu, India
• Goondpur, India
• Zelenodol'sk, Russia
• Malpura, India
• Shuijiang, China
• Naksimal, India

In new street additions, Mustafakemalpaşa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tilouthu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Malpura built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mustafakemalpaşa fluctuated in connectivity, while Tilouthu became progressively more disconnected and Malpura became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mustafakemalpaşa and Malpura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.