Bafra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bafra in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BafraSamsun (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bafra plotted against Samsun and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Bafra peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Samsun which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bafra's incremental SNDi fell from 2.22 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bafra ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Samsun and 79th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Turkey
36th of 174
Rank in Samsun
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in Turkey
79th of 174
Rank in Samsun
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BafraShanggaoMogok

In new street additions, Bafra built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shanggao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mogok built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bafra fluctuated in connectivity, while Shanggao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mogok became progressively more disconnected. Bafra and Shanggao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.