Kazanlı Mah. in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kazanli Mah. in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kazanli Mah.Mersin (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kazanlı Mah. plotted against Mersin and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kazanlı Mah.'s incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kazanlı Mah. ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Mersin and 169th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.61
Rank in Turkey
168th of 174
Rank in Mersin
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.68
Rank in Turkey
169th of 174
Rank in Mersin
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kazanli Mah.BobaiHuaxi

In new street additions, Kazanlı Mah. and Bobai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huaxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kazanlı Mah. fluctuated in connectivity, while Bobai became progressively more disconnected and Huaxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Kazanlı Mah. had a more connected network than Huaxi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.