Ödemiş in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Odemis in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ödemiş plotted against Izmir and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Ödemiş rose steadily, compared to Izmir which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ödemiş's incremental SNDi rose from 1.64 to 1.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ödemiş ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Izmir and 16th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.73
- Rank in Turkey
- 27th of 174
- Rank in Izmir
- 3rd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.43
- Rank in Turkey
- 16th of 174
- Rank in Izmir
- 2nd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ödemiş built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jamner fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ouarzazate built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Ödemiş became progressively more disconnected, while Jamner fluctuated in connectivity and Ouarzazate became progressively more connected. Ödemiş and Jamner have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.