Kilis in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kilis in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KilisTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kilis plotted against Turkey. Both Kilis and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Kilis's incremental SNDi rose from 1.56 to 1.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kilis ranked 29th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.67
Rank in Turkey
20th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in Turkey
29th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KilisSelesAroma

While Seles and Aroma both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kilis fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kilis and Seles have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.