Basavakalyana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Basavakalyana 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
BasavakalyanaKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Basavakalyana plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Basavakalyana followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Basavakalyana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Basavakalyana ranked 38th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 446th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.82
Rank in India
952nd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
70th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.94
Rank in India
446th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
38th of 96

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
BasavakalyanaMiaoliBaofeng

In new street additions, Basavakalyana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Miaoli built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Baofeng built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Basavakalyana fluctuated in connectivity, while Miaoli became progressively more disconnected and Baofeng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Basavakalyana and Miaoli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.