Ağrı in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agri in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgriAgri (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ağrı plotted against Agri and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Ağrı peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Agri which peaked in 1976-1990 and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ağrı's incremental SNDi fell from 3.75 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ağrı ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Agri and 156th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in Turkey
148th of 174
Rank in Agri
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Turkey
156th of 174
Rank in Agri
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgriNaubatpurOleh

In new street additions, Ağrı built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Naubatpur fluctuated in street-construction patterns and Oleh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ağrı and Oleh both became progressively more disconnected, while Naubatpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.