Mumbai

Mumbai

Experiencing hyper-urbaisation
Economy has grown based on manufacturing
1. Growth is now slowing down in Mumbai
Increase in IT and financial services and has become a major center for out-sourced work
Central position in Asia
Become a hub for TNCs
Bollywood makes more films than hollywood
1. Becoming more popular on a global scale
Average population density of 80,000 per km sq.
Generates 33% pf India's entire tax revenue
Largest city in India
Located on thin island on the west coast of India
Population
1. 3 million in 1950
2. 18 million today
3. 26 million in 2020
40% of all international flights land there
Not all people have benefited from the growth
Life expectancy
1. 68 in the city
2. 65 as a whole nation
60% of the population live in poverty
1. 1/3 live in absolute poverty
Employment in the informal sector is rising
1. Poorly paid and unreliable
High levels of congestion and pollution
High level of Rural-Urban migration
1. Housing shortages
Quality of life is one of the lowest of all world cities
1. It came 150th out of 216
Dharavi
1. Over 1 million inhabitants
2. Streets are narrow
3. Houses are poorly constructed
4. Overcrowded
5. Poor sanitation
  1. High levels of disease
6. Often water shortages
7. There have been incidents of fires due to lack of regulation
8. One of the largest and well organised slums in Asia
9. Can be described as sustainable as it recycles 80% of it's waste
  1. Worth $1.5 million a year
10. The land that it is built upon has a value of over $10 billion
11. Goods worth over £500 million are produced every year
  1. Sold throughout Europe and North America
Vision Mumbai
1. Plan to tackle problems created by the rapid population growth
2. Turn the city into a world-class location by 2013
3. Work began in 2004
4. In order to be successful they plan to remove Dharavi slum
5. By 2007
  1. 200,000 people had been moved
  2. 45,000 homes demolished
  3. 300 hectares of land cleared for development
6. Four aspects to improve
  1. Transport
  2. Housing
  3. Environment
  4. Employment

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