Udupi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Udupi in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UdupiKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Udupi plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Udupi rose steadily, 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, Udupi's incremental SNDi rose from 5.93 to 7.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Udupi ranked 93rd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1568th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.23
Rank in India
1593rd of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
89th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.25
Rank in India
1568th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
93rd of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UdupiDamohRaoping

Udupi, Damoh, and Raoping all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.