Lüleburgaz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lüleburgaz plotted against Kirklareli and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lüleburgaz's incremental SNDi rose from 1.23 to 1.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lüleburgaz ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Kirklareli and 5th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Wangjiang, China
• Bumi Mulyo, Indonesia
• Mahera, Sierra Leone
• Mahasamund, India
• Silapathar, India
• Deeg, India

In new street additions, Lüleburgaz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wangjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mahasamund built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Lüleburgaz fluctuated in connectivity, while Wangjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mahasamund became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Lüleburgaz and Wangjiang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.