Dörtyol in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dortyol in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dörtyol plotted against Hatay and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Dörtyol followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Hatay which peaked in 1976-1990 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dörtyol's incremental SNDi fell from 2.37 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dörtyol ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Hatay and 113th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.07
- Rank in Turkey
- 65th of 174
- Rank in Hatay
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.29
- Rank in Turkey
- 113th of 174
- Rank in Hatay
- 3rd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dörtyol fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Taxco built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and بطره built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Taxco and بطره both became progressively more disconnected, while Dörtyol fluctuated in connectivity. Dörtyol and بطره have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.