Reyhanlı in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Reyhanli in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ReyhanliHatay (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Reyhanlı plotted against Hatay and Turkey. While Hatay and Turkey both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Reyhanlı's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Reyhanlı's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Reyhanlı ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Hatay and 107th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Turkey
109th of 174
Rank in Hatay
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Turkey
107th of 174
Rank in Hatay
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ReyhanliJerusalemAshta

While Jerusalem and Ashta both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Reyhanlı fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Reyhanlı and Ashta have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.