Koppala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Koppala in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KoppalaKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Koppala plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Koppala 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, Koppala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Koppala ranked 37th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 432nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in India
713th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
56th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in India
432nd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
37th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KoppalaBaripadaGarhwa

In new street additions, Koppala and Baripada both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Garhwa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Koppala had a more sprawly network than Baripada in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.