Karabük in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Karabuk in context

2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarabukTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karabük plotted against Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Karabük fell steadily, while Turkey followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Karabük's incremental SNDi fell from 2.58 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karabük ranked 144th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Turkey
111th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Turkey
144th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarabukKalgachiaJungar

In new street additions, Karabük built increasingly connected streets over time, while Kalgachia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jungar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Karabük became progressively more connected, while Kalgachia became progressively more connected and Jungar became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Karabük had a more sprawly network than Jungar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.