Tumakuru in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tumakuru in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TumakuruKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tumakuru plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tumakuru peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Tumakuru's incremental SNDi fell from 3.21 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tumakuru ranked 45th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 512th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in India
288th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
20th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in India
512th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
45th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TumakuruRaiganjZhanjiang

In new street additions, Tumakuru built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Raiganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zhanjiang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Tumakuru and Zhanjiang both became progressively more disconnected, while Raiganj fluctuated in connectivity.