Lingasugur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lingasugur plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lingasugur 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, Lingasugur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 4.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingasugur ranked 62nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 653rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Machakos, Kenya
• Alafaya, United States
• Songmen, China
• Hilsa, India
• Mankweng, South Africa
• Abu Bisht, Egypt

In new street additions, Lingasugur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Machakos built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hilsa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Lingasugur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Machakos became progressively more disconnected and Hilsa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Lingasugur had a more sprawly network than Hilsa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.