Isparta in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Isparta in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Isparta plotted against Turkey. Both Isparta and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Isparta's incremental SNDi rose from 1.42 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Isparta ranked 6th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.43
- Rank in Turkey
- 98th of 174
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.29
- Rank in Turkey
- 6th of 174
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
- Luoding, China
- Karamay, China
- Chitradurga, India
- Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia
- Gadag-Betageri, India
In new street additions, Isparta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kropyvnytskyi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chitradurga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Isparta and Kropyvnytskyi both became progressively more disconnected, while Chitradurga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Isparta and Chitradurga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.