Kadirli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kadirli in context

2.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KadirliOsmaniye (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kadirli plotted against Osmaniye and Turkey. While Osmaniye and Turkey both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kadirli's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kadirli's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadirli ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Osmaniye and 104th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Turkey
106th of 174
Rank in Osmaniye
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Turkey
104th of 174
Rank in Osmaniye
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KadirliDarya KhanKagoro

In new street additions, Kadirli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Darya Khan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kagoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kadirli fluctuated in connectivity, while Darya Khan fluctuated in connectivity and Kagoro became progressively more disconnected. Kadirli and Kagoro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.