Erzincan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Erzincan 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
ErzincanTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Erzincan plotted against Turkey. Both Erzincan and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Erzincan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.73 to 1.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Erzincan ranked 38th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Turkey
41st of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Turkey
38th 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
ErzincanPingluoAsamankese

In new street additions, Erzincan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pingluo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Asamankese built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Erzincan and Asamankese both became progressively more disconnected, while Pingluo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Erzincan and Pingluo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.