Aydin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aydin in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aydin plotted against Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Aydin rose steadily, while Turkey followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aydin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.49 to 1.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aydin ranked 8th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.56
Rank in Turkey
13th of 174

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.33
Rank in Turkey
8th of 174

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AydinAl-ShatrahNandyal

In new street additions, Aydin and Nandyal both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al-Shatrah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Aydin and Nandyal both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Shatrah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Aydin and Nandyal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.