Çankırı in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cankiri in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CankiriCankiri (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Çankırı plotted against Çankiri and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Çankırı's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 5.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Çankırı ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Çankiri and 134th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.78
Rank in Turkey
169th of 174
Rank in Çankiri
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in Turkey
134th of 174
Rank in Çankiri
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CankiriXihuaLingi

In new street additions, Çankırı and Xihua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lingi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Çankırı fluctuated in connectivity, while Xihua became progressively more disconnected and Lingi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Çankırı and Xihua have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.