Shorapur 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 Shorapur plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shorapur 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, Shorapur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.98 to 7.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shorapur ranked 88th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1148th 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?

• Ibrat, Uzbekistan
• Fkih Ben Salah, Morocco
• Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan
• Pingsha, China
• Sengkang, Indonesia
• Iltifatganj, India

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