Karaman in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Karaman in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karaman plotted against Turkey. Both Karaman and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Karaman's incremental SNDi rose from 1.43 to 1.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karaman ranked 20th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.51
- Rank in Turkey
- 10th of 174
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.48
- Rank in Turkey
- 20th of 174
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Karaman fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Palani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Calama built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Karaman fluctuated in connectivity, while Palani became progressively more disconnected and Calama became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Karaman and Palani have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.