Akşehir 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 Akşehir plotted against Konya and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Akşehir peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Konya which peaked in 1991-2005 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akşehir's incremental SNDi fell from 1.48 to 1.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akşehir ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Konya and 24th 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?

• Trung Hà, Vietnam
• Wuxuan, China
• Pasab, Afghanistan
• Sirohi, India
• Łomża, Poland
• 天津经济技术开发区西区, China

While Trung Hà and Sirohi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Akşehir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Akşehir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Trung Hà became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Sirohi became progressively more connected. Akşehir and Sirohi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.