Malatya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malatya 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
MalatyaTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malatya plotted against Turkey. Both Malatya and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Malatya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 2.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malatya ranked 101st out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Turkey
99th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Turkey
101st of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalatyaCuitoShi Zhong Qu

While Cuito and 市中区 both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Malatya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Malatya and Cuito have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.