Çorlu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Corlu in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CorluTekirdag (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Çorlu plotted against Tekirdag and Turkey. While Tekirdag and Turkey both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Çorlu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Çorlu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 1.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Çorlu ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Tekirdag and 31st out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Turkey
31st of 174
Rank in Tekirdag
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in Turkey
31st of 174
Rank in Tekirdag
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CorluChamanEl Kelaa des Sraghna

In new street additions, Çorlu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chaman fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and El Kelaa des Sraghna built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Çorlu became progressively more disconnected, while Chaman became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and El Kelaa des Sraghna became progressively more connected. Notably, Çorlu had a more connected network than El Kelaa des Sraghna in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.