Udupi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Udupi in context
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?
Udupi, Damoh, and Raoping all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.