Devadurga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Devadurga in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DevadurgaKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Devadurga plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Devadurga followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Devadurga's incremental SNDi fell from 2.66 to 1.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Devadurga ranked 33rd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 393rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.03
Rank in India
24th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
1st of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in India
393rd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
33rd of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DevadurgaGidan Mai UngwanPemangkat Kota

In new street additions, Devadurga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gidan Mai Ungwan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pemangkat Kota built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Gidan Mai Ungwan and Pemangkat Kota both became progressively more disconnected, while Devadurga became progressively more connected. Notably, Devadurga had a more sprawly network than Pemangkat Kota in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.