Krishnagiri 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 Krishnagiri plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Krishnagiri was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Krishnagiri's incremental SNDi rose from 3.58 to 5.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Krishnagiri ranked 70th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1009th 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?

• Sochi, Russia
• Kot Addu, Pakistan
• Gaobeidian, China
• Tando Allahyar, Pakistan
• Presidente Prudente, Brazil
• Kishanganj, India

In new street additions, Krishnagiri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sochi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Tando Allahyar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Krishnagiri became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Sochi became progressively more disconnected and Tando Allahyar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Krishnagiri and Sochi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.