Hunsur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hunsur in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HunsurKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hunsur plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hunsur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.12 to 5.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hunsur ranked 26th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 326th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.94
Rank in India
1352nd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
80th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in India
326th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
26th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HunsurDahuaMangrol

In new street additions, Hunsur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dahua built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mangrol built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Dahua and Mangrol both became progressively more disconnected, while Hunsur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Hunsur had a more connected network than Dahua in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.