Ranebennur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ranebennur in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RanebennurKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ranebennur plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ranebennur 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, Ranebennur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ranebennur ranked 22nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 303rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in India
385th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
28th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in India
303rd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
22nd of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RanebennurZielona GoraLintao

In new street additions, Ranebennur and Lintao both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zielona Góra built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ranebennur and Lintao both became progressively more disconnected, while Zielona Góra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Ranebennur and Zielona Góra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.