Ceylanpınar 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 Ceylanpınar plotted against Sanliurfa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Ceylanpınar was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Sanliurfa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ceylanpınar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ceylanpınar ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Sanliurfa and 108th 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?

• Batatais, Brazil
• Kanye, Botswana
• Moradih, India
• Chandrakona, India
• Taibe, Palestine
• Chapra, India

While Batatais and Chandrakona both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ceylanpınar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Batatais and Chandrakona both became progressively more disconnected, while Ceylanpınar became progressively more connected. Ceylanpınar and Batatais have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.