Trabzon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Trabzon in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrabzonTurkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Trabzon plotted against Turkey. Both Trabzon and Turkey follow the same trend. Most recently, Trabzon's incremental SNDi rose from 4.01 to 4.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Trabzon ranked 155th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.22
Rank in Turkey
161st of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Turkey
155th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrabzonNawabshahHa'il

In new street additions, Trabzon and Ha'il both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nawabshah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Trabzon and Nawabshah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.