Hendek in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hendek plotted against Sakarya and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Hendek peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Sakarya which peaked in 1976-1990 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hendek's incremental SNDi fell from 2.1 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hendek ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Sakarya and 111th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Rajula, India
• Bhanjanagar, India
• Al Gharraf, Iraq
• Malumghat Bazar, Bangladesh
• Sujapur, India
• Biyahmu, Egypt

In new street additions, Hendek built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Rajula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Malumghat Bazar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hendek grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Rajula fluctuated in connectivity and Malumghat Bazar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Hendek had a more sprawly network than Rajula in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.