Denizli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Denizli in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DenizliTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Denizli plotted against Turkey. Both Denizli and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Denizli's incremental SNDi rose from 1.56 to 1.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Denizli ranked 26th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in Turkey
29th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.53
Rank in Turkey
26th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DenizliKalemieLobito

In new street additions, Denizli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kalemie fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lobito built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Denizli became progressively more disconnected, while Kalemie fluctuated in connectivity and Lobito became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.