Sindagi 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 Sindagi plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sindagi 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, Sindagi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sindagi ranked 57th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 613th 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?

• Umm Kaddada, Sudan
• Kadayanallur, India
• Egosi, Nigeria
• Pala, India
• Kosan, North Korea
• Kafr al Hajj Shirbini, Egypt

In new street additions, Sindagi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Umm Kaddada fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pala built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sindagi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Umm Kaddada fluctuated in connectivity and Pala became progressively more disconnected. Sindagi and Umm Kaddada have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.