Elbistan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elbistan in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElbistanK. Maras (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elbistan plotted against K. Maras and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Elbistan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.83 to 1.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elbistan ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in K. Maras and 62nd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Turkey
50th of 174
Rank in K. Maras
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Turkey
62nd of 174
Rank in K. Maras
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElbistanSangareddyGao

Elbistan, Sangareddy, and Gao all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Elbistan and Sangareddy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.