Arasikere 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 Arasikere plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Arasikere was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Arasikere's incremental SNDi rose from 3.18 to 5.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arasikere ranked 61st out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 651st 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?

• Caijiapo, China
• Monastir, Tunisia
• Wolha-dong, South Korea
• Ravenna, Italy
• Liuhe, China
• Za Lun, Myanmar

While Caijiapo and Ravenna both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Arasikere built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Arasikere became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Caijiapo fluctuated in connectivity and Ravenna became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Arasikere and Caijiapo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.