Belagavi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Belagavi 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
BelagaviKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Belagavi plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Belagavi 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, Belagavi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Belagavi ranked 65th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 664th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in India
955th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
71st of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in India
664th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
65th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BelagaviBlantyreSaratov

Belagavi, Blantyre, and Saratov all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Belagavi and Saratov have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.