Bangarapete 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 Bangarapete plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bangarapete 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, Bangarapete's incremental SNDi rose from 3.7 to 4.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bangarapete ranked 85th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1035th 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?

• Kani, Japan
• Punalur, India
• Alibag, India
• Kowon, North Korea
• Fengtai, China
• Messaad, Algeria

While Kani and Kowon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bangarapete built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Bangarapete became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kani became progressively more disconnected and Kowon fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bangarapete had a more sprawly network than Kowon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.