Kırıkhan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kırıkhan plotted against Hatay and Turkey. While Hatay and Turkey both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kırıkhan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kırıkhan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kırıkhan ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Hatay and 72nd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chishui, China
• Tongyang, China
• Tam Kỳ, Vietnam
• Anjiang, China
• Ahuachapan, El Salvador
• Katsina Ala, Nigeria

In new street additions, Kırıkhan and Anjiang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chishui built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kırıkhan and Anjiang both became progressively more disconnected, while Chishui became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Kırıkhan and Chishui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.