Karapınar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Karapinar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karapınar plotted against Kocaeli and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Karapınar peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Kocaeli which rose steadily and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Karapınar's incremental SNDi fell from 3.26 to 2.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karapınar ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Kocaeli and 146th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.34
- Rank in Turkey
- 95th of 174
- Rank in Kocaeli
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.89
- Rank in Turkey
- 146th of 174
- Rank in Kocaeli
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Karapınar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Haroa built increasingly connected streets over time and Lins built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Karapınar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Haroa became progressively more connected and Lins became progressively more disconnected. Karapınar and Haroa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.