Challakere in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Challakere in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChallakereKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Challakere plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Challakere peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Challakere's incremental SNDi fell from 5.66 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Challakere ranked 84th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 950th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
379th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
27th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in India
950th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
84th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChallakereComitanLishu

In new street additions, Challakere and Lishu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Comitán built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Challakere and Lishu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Comitán became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Challakere had a more connected network than Comitán in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.