Chikkamagaluru in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chikkamagaluru plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chikkamagaluru was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Chikkamagaluru's incremental SNDi rose from 3.28 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chikkamagaluru ranked 73rd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 781st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Khemisset, Morocco
• Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil
• Baniachong, Bangladesh
• Bukan, Iran
• Battambang, Cambodia
• 新垵, China

In new street additions, Chikkamagaluru built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Khemisset built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bukan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Khemisset and Bukan both became progressively more disconnected, while Chikkamagaluru became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.