Tavşanlı in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tavsanli in context

1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TavsanliKutahya (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tavşanlı plotted against Kütahya and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tavşanlı's incremental SNDi rose from 1.52 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tavşanlı ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Kütahya and 23rd out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Turkey
75th of 174
Rank in Kütahya
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Turkey
23rd of 174
Rank in Kütahya
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TavsanliLaiSverdlovsk

In new street additions, Tavşanlı fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Laï built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sverdlovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tavşanlı became progressively more disconnected, while Laï fluctuated in connectivity and Sverdlovsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tavşanlı and Laï have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.