Sira in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sira in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sira plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.78 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sira ranked 42nd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 480th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in India
- 848th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 65th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.02
- Rank in India
- 480th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 42nd of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tengchong, China
- Tangyan, Myanmar
- Barawa, Somalia
- Ullapara, Bangladesh
- Ceyhan, Turkey
- Tanjung Redeb, Indonesia
In new street additions, Sira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tengchong built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ullapara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sira fluctuated in connectivity, while Tengchong became progressively more disconnected and Ullapara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.