Mysuru in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mysuru in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mysuru plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mysuru 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, Mysuru's incremental SNDi rose from 2.27 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mysuru ranked 7th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 134th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.58
- Rank in India
- 179th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 10th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.13
- Rank in India
- 134th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 7th of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tiruchirappalli, India
- Davao City, Philippines
- Raipur, India
- Durg, India
- Xining, China
- Aleppo, Syria
Mysuru, Tiruchirappalli, and Durg all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.