Kahramanmaraş in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kahramanmaras 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
KahramanmarasK. Maras (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kahramanmaraş plotted against K. Maras and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Kahramanmaraş peaked in 1976-1990, compared to K. Maras which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kahramanmaraş's incremental SNDi fell from 1.86 to 1.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kahramanmaraş ranked 1st out of 3 cities in K. Maras and 58th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Turkey
48th of 174
Rank in K. Maras
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Turkey
58th of 174
Rank in K. Maras
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KahramanmarasIbbSelong

In new street additions, Kahramanmaraş built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ibb fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Selong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kahramanmaraş and Ibb have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.