Honnavar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Honnavar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HonnavarKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Honnavar plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Honnavar 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, Honnavar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.03 to 5.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Honnavar ranked 82nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 924th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.12
Rank in India
1086th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
76th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in India
924th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
82nd of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HonnavarShaheLahun

In new street additions, Honnavar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shahe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Lahun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Honnavar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shahe became progressively more disconnected and Lahun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Honnavar had a more sprawly network than Shahe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.