Challakere in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Challakere in context
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?
- Comitán, México
- Moheshkhali, Bangladesh
- Linghai, China
- Lishu, China
- Bodinayakkanur, India
- Baneh, Iran
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.