Karnal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Karnal in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarnalHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karnal plotted against Haryana and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Karnal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karnal ranked 9th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 410th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in India
283rd of 1868
Rank in Haryana
6th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in India
410th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
9th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarnalVillahermosaKamina

While Villahermosa and Kamina both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Karnal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Karnal and Villahermosa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.