Yadgir 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 Yadgir plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Yadgir was at its lowest 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, Yadgir's incremental SNDi rose from 2.78 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yadgir ranked 40th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 456th 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?

• Barreiras, Brazil
• Dancheng, China
• Sangasumi, Nigeria
• Ebolowa, Cameroon
• Kairana, India
• Tianchang, China

While Barreiras and Ebolowa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Yadgir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Yadgir became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Barreiras grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ebolowa became progressively more disconnected. Yadgir and Barreiras have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.