Bidar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bidar 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
BidarKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bidar plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bidar 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, Bidar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.27 to 3.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bidar ranked 56th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 596th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.79
Rank in India
513th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
40th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in India
596th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
56th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BidarMorogoroWeinan

In new street additions, Bidar and Morogoro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Weinan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bidar and Morogoro both became progressively more disconnected, while Weinan fluctuated in connectivity. Bidar and Morogoro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.