Koçören in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kocoren in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KocorenSanliurfa (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Koçören plotted against Sanliurfa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Koçören rose steadily, 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, Koçören's incremental SNDi rose from 4.73 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Koçören ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Sanliurfa and 171st out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.06
Rank in Turkey
165th of 174
Rank in Sanliurfa
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in Turkey
171st of 174
Rank in Sanliurfa
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KocorenIdhnaGanigle

In new street additions, Koçören and Idhna both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ganigle built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Koçören and Idhna both became progressively more disconnected, while Ganigle grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Koçören had a more connected network than Ganigle in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.