Krishnarajanagara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Krishnarajanagara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Krishnarajanagara plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Krishnarajanagara 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, Krishnarajanagara's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Krishnarajanagara ranked 2nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 31st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.53
- Rank in India
- 67th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 3rd of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.33
- Rank in India
- 31st of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 2nd of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Krishnarajanagara and Jamasa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Oyem built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Oyem and Jamasa both became progressively more disconnected, while Krishnarajanagara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Krishnarajanagara and Jamasa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.