Turgutlu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Turgutlu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Turgutlu plotted against Manisa and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Turgutlu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.46 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Turgutlu ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Manisa and 7th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in Turkey
- 44th of 174
- Rank in Manisa
- 3rd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.3
- Rank in Turkey
- 7th of 174
- Rank in Manisa
- 2nd 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, Turgutlu and Ain Beida both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while 천리마구역 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Turgutlu and Ain Beida have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.