Suruç in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Suruc in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SurucSanliurfa (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Suruç plotted against Sanliurfa and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Suruç 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, Suruç's incremental SNDi rose from 1.47 to 1.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suruç ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Sanliurfa and 12th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Turkey
38th of 174
Rank in Sanliurfa
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.38
Rank in Turkey
12th of 174
Rank in Sanliurfa
1st of 8

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
SurucSuipingSungailiat

In new street additions, Suruç and Sungailiat both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Suiping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Suruç and Sungailiat both became progressively more disconnected, while Suiping fluctuated in connectivity.