Iğdır in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Igdir in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Iğdır plotted against Turkey. Both Iğdır and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Iğdır's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 1.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Iğdır ranked 41st out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.68
- Rank in Turkey
- 23rd of 174
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.66
- Rank in Turkey
- 41st of 174
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Torbat-e Jam, Iran
- Bam, Iran
- Nassarawan Eggon, Nigeria
- Purba Rameshwarpur, India
- Фосфоритный, Russia
- Austagram, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Iğdır fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Torbat-e Jam built increasingly connected streets over time and Purba Rameshwarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Iğdır became progressively more disconnected, while Torbat-e Jam became progressively more connected and Purba Rameshwarpur fluctuated in connectivity.