Gowribidanur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gowribidanur in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GowribidanurKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gowribidanur plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gowribidanur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.53 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gowribidanur ranked 28th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 345th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.14
Rank in India
289th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
21st of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in India
345th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
28th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GowribidanurBhongirGweru

In new street additions, Gowribidanur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bhongir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gweru built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gowribidanur fluctuated in connectivity, while Bhongir became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Gweru became progressively more disconnected. Gowribidanur and Bhongir have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.