Menemen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Menemen in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MenemenIzmir (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Menemen plotted against Izmir and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Menemen's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Menemen ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Izmir and 77th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Turkey
126th of 174
Rank in Izmir
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Turkey
77th of 174
Rank in Izmir
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MenemenMungeliTengaran

In new street additions, Menemen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mungeli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tengaran built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Menemen and Tengaran both became progressively more disconnected, while Mungeli became progressively more disconnected. Menemen and Mungeli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.