Milas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Milas in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MilasMugla (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Milas plotted against Mugla and Turkey. While Mugla and Turkey both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Milas's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Milas's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Milas ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Mugla and 39th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Turkey
107th of 174
Rank in Mugla
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Turkey
39th of 174
Rank in Mugla
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MilasMielecJabra Al Sheikh

In new street additions, Milas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mielec built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jabra Al Sheikh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Milas and Mielec both became progressively more disconnected, while Jabra Al Sheikh fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Milas had a more connected network than Jabra Al Sheikh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.