Hassan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hassan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hassan plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hassan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 3.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hassan ranked 50th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 537th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.29
- Rank in India
- 328th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 24th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.13
- Rank in India
- 537th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 50th of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Constanța, Romania
- Concord, United States
- Timergara, Pakistan
- Huilai, China
- Pucallpa, Peru
- Madhepura, India
In new street additions, Hassan and Huilai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Constanța built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hassan and Huilai both fluctuated in connectivity, while Constanța became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Hassan had a more sprawly network than Huilai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.