Mangaluru in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mangaluru in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mangaluru plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mangaluru 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, Mangaluru's incremental SNDi rose from 5.37 to 6.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mangaluru ranked 92nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1434th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.58
- Rank in India
- 1507th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 86th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.85
- Rank in India
- 1434th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 92nd of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Krishnanagar, India
- Touba, Senegal
- Serrekunda, Gambia
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Bujumbura, Burundi
- Marseille, France
Mangaluru, Krishnanagar, and Abuja all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.