Kars in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kars 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
KarsTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kars plotted against Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Kars peaked in 1991-2005, while Turkey followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kars's incremental SNDi fell from 3.08 to 2.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kars ranked 129th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Turkey
103rd of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Turkey
129th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarsRahuiShangyou

In new street additions, Kars built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rahui built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Shangyou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kars grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rahui became progressively more connected and Shangyou became progressively more disconnected. Kars and Rahui have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.