Kalaburagi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kalaburagi 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
KalaburagiKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalaburagi plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kalaburagi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalaburagi ranked 10th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 181st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in India
231st of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
16th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in India
181st of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
10th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalaburagiIpohMunger

Kalaburagi, Ipoh, and Munger all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.