Doddaballapura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Doddaballapura in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DoddaballapuraKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Doddaballapura plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Doddaballapura was at its lowest 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, Doddaballapura's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 4.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Doddaballapura ranked 77th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 834th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in India
751st of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
58th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in India
834th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
77th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DoddaballapuraHuanchengStrovolos [Nicosia]

In new street additions, Doddaballapura built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Huancheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Strovolos [Nicosia] built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Doddaballapura became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Huancheng fluctuated in connectivity and Strovolos [Nicosia] became progressively more disconnected.