Gadag-Betageri 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 Gadag-Betageri plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gadag-Betageri 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, Gadag-Betageri's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 2.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gadag-Betageri ranked 24th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 311th 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?

• Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia
• Chitradurga, India
• Isparta, Turkey
• Xingyang, China
• Kaithal, India
• Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

In new street additions, Gadag-Betageri and Xingyang both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Padang Sidempuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gadag-Betageri became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Padang Sidempuan became progressively more disconnected and Xingyang became progressively more connected. Notably, Gadag-Betageri had a more connected network than Xingyang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.