Gokak in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gokak in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GokakKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gokak plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gokak followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Gokak ranked 41st out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 463rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in India
463rd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
41st of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GokakNarnaulTaonan

While Narnaul and Taonan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Gokak fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Narnaul and Taonan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gokak became progressively more connected. Notably, Gokak had a more sprawly network than Narnaul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.