Humanabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Humanabad 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
HumanabadKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Humanabad plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Humanabad 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, Humanabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Humanabad ranked 13th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 189th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in India
219th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
14th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in India
189th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
13th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HumanabadNdopMakrahi

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