Arnavutköy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arnavutkoy in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArnavutkoyIstanbul (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arnavutköy plotted against Istanbul and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Arnavutköy rose steadily, compared to Istanbul which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Arnavutköy's incremental SNDi rose from 1.84 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arnavutköy ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Istanbul and 68th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Turkey
90th of 174
Rank in Istanbul
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Turkey
68th of 174
Rank in Istanbul
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArnavutkoyKeleGranada

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