Eregli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Eregli in context

22.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EregliKonya (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Eregli plotted against Konya and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Eregli rose steadily, compared to Konya which peaked in 1991-2005 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Eregli's incremental SNDi rose from 2.12 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Eregli ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Konya and 99th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Turkey
116th of 174
Rank in Konya
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Turkey
99th of 174
Rank in Konya
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EregliColumbiaTrier

In new street additions, Eregli and Trier both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Columbia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Eregli and Trier have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.