Gangavathi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gangavathi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gangavathi plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gangavathi 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, Gangavathi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gangavathi ranked 68th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 692nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in India
- 950th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 69th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in India
- 692nd of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 68th of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tam Hồng, Vietnam
- Masaya, Nicaragua
- Dongxiang, China
- Shakhty, Russia
- Colonelganj, India
- Hengzhou, China
In new street additions, Gangavathi and Tam Hồng both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shakhty built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gangavathi and Tam Hồng both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shakhty became progressively more disconnected. Gangavathi and Tam Hồng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.