Saundatti 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 Saundatti plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Saundatti 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, Saundatti's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saundatti ranked 6th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 95th 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?

• Bena, Nigeria
• Veenendaal, Netherlands
• Batsari, Nigeria
• Panchgram, India
• Mahmud-e Raqi, Afghanistan
• Troy, United States

In new street additions, Saundatti built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Panchgram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Saundatti became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Bena fluctuated in connectivity and Panchgram became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Saundatti and Panchgram have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.