Kasaragod in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kasaragod in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kasaragod plotted against Kerala and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kasaragod rose steadily, compared to Kerala which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kasaragod's incremental SNDi rose from 5.2 to 6.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kasaragod ranked 27th out of 48 cities in Kerala and 1491st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.03
- Rank in India
- 1373rd of 1868
- Rank in Kerala
- 28th of 48
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.0
- Rank in India
- 1491st of 1868
- Rank in Kerala
- 27th of 48
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kasaragod and Linz both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while El Oued built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kasaragod and Linz both became progressively more disconnected, while El Oued became progressively more connected.