Salihli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Salihli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salihli plotted against Manisa and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Salihli's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 1.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salihli ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Manisa and 15th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.69
- Rank in Turkey
- 24th of 174
- Rank in Manisa
- 2nd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.39
- Rank in Turkey
- 15th of 174
- Rank in Manisa
- 3rd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Salihli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pingtan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bharthana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Salihli became progressively more disconnected, while Pingtan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bharthana became progressively more connected. Salihli and Bharthana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.