Samandağ in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Samandag in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samandağ plotted against Hatay and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Samandağ was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Hatay which peaked in 1976-1990 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Samandağ's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samandağ ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Hatay and 145th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.26
- Rank in Turkey
- 145th of 174
- Rank in Hatay
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.88
- Rank in Turkey
- 145th of 174
- Rank in Hatay
- 6th 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, Samandağ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ahoada built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Fuwwah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Samandağ became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ahoada became progressively more disconnected and Fuwwah became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Samandağ had a more sprawly network than Ahoada in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.