Hosapete in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hosapete in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hosapete plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hosapete 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, Hosapete's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 4.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hosapete ranked 51st out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 543rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.4
- Rank in India
- 757th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 59th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.14
- Rank in India
- 543rd of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 51st of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tacloban, Philippines
- Torit, South Sudan
- Jinshan, China
- Dadu, Pakistan
- Maheshkhunt, India
- Tanjung Balai, Indonesia
In new street additions, Hosapete and Dadu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tacloban built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Hosapete and Tacloban have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.