Nizip in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nizip in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nizip plotted against Gaziantep and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Nizip peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Gaziantep which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nizip's incremental SNDi fell from 1.85 to 1.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nizip ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Gaziantep and 30th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.77
- Rank in Turkey
- 33rd of 174
- Rank in Gaziantep
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.55
- Rank in Turkey
- 30th of 174
- Rank in Gaziantep
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
- Lvsigang, China
- Las Anod, Somalia
- Al Hasahisa, Sudan
- Algeciras, Spain
- Kanyama, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Nizip built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ciego de Ávila fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al Hasahisa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nizip and Ciego de Ávila have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.