Kızıltepe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kiziltepe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kızıltepe plotted against Mardin and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Kızıltepe rose steadily, compared to Mardin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kızıltepe's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kızıltepe ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Mardin and 84th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in Turkey
- 77th of 174
- Rank in Mardin
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.99
- Rank in Turkey
- 84th of 174
- Rank in Mardin
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kamyshin, Russia
- Lagos de Moreno, México
- Yingshan County, China
- Morrumbala, Mozambique
- Heping, China
- Bilimora, India
In new street additions, Kızıltepe and Kamyshin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Morrumbala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kızıltepe and Kamyshin both became progressively more disconnected, while Morrumbala fluctuated in connectivity.