Alanda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alanda plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Alanda rose steadily, compared to Karnataka which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Alanda's incremental SNDi rose from 4.4 to 10.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alanda ranked 87th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1143rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Tangub [Tubod], Philippines
• Auburn, United States
• Songyang County, China
• Gwaram, Nigeria
• Rashaida Al Hafayer, Sudan
• Khoksha, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Alanda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tangub [Tubod] built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gwaram built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Alanda became progressively more disconnected, while Tangub [Tubod] became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Gwaram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Alanda and Tangub [Tubod] have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.