Hagaribommanahalli 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 Hagaribommanahalli plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hagaribommanahalli rose steadily, 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, Hagaribommanahalli's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 6.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hagaribommanahalli ranked 31st out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 380th 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?

• Beachwood, United States
• Catbalogan, Philippines
• Welkite, Ethiopia
• Kyela, Tanzania
• Sirte, Libya
• Tindji, Benin

In new street additions, Hagaribommanahalli and Beachwood both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kyela built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hagaribommanahalli and Beachwood both became progressively more disconnected, while Kyela became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Hagaribommanahalli had a more connected network than Kyela in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.