Chamarajanagara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chamarajanagara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chamarajanagara plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chamarajanagara 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, Chamarajanagara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.12 to 4.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chamarajanagara ranked 69th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 707th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.03
- Rank in India
- 599th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 49th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.41
- Rank in India
- 707th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 69th of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Chamarajanagara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bayana built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kawm Ombo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Chamarajanagara fluctuated in connectivity, while Bayana became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kawm Ombo became progressively more disconnected. Chamarajanagara and Bayana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.