Mumbai

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Mind Map on Mumbai, created by Vanessa Greif on 05/05/2020.
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Mumbai
  1. Experiencing hyper-urbaisation
    1. Economy has grown based on manufacturing
      1. Growth is now slowing down in Mumbai
      2. Increase in IT and financial services and has become a major center for out-sourced work
        1. Central position in Asia
          1. Become a hub for TNCs
            1. Bollywood makes more films than hollywood
              1. Becoming more popular on a global scale
              2. Average population density of 80,000 per km sq.
                1. Generates 33% pf India's entire tax revenue
                  1. Largest city in India
                    1. Located on thin island on the west coast of India
                      1. Population
                        1. 3 million in 1950
                          1. 18 million today
                            1. 26 million in 2020
                            2. 40% of all international flights land there
                              1. Not all people have benefited from the growth
                                1. Life expectancy
                                  1. 68 in the city
                                    1. 65 as a whole nation
                                    2. 60% of the population live in poverty
                                      1. 1/3 live in absolute poverty
                                      2. Employment in the informal sector is rising
                                        1. Poorly paid and unreliable
                                        2. High levels of congestion and pollution
                                          1. High level of Rural-Urban migration
                                            1. Housing shortages
                                            2. Quality of life is one of the lowest of all world cities
                                              1. It came 150th out of 216
                                              2. Dharavi
                                                1. Over 1 million inhabitants
                                                  1. Streets are narrow
                                                    1. Houses are poorly constructed
                                                      1. Overcrowded
                                                        1. Poor sanitation
                                                          1. High levels of disease
                                                          2. Often water shortages
                                                            1. There have been incidents of fires due to lack of regulation
                                                              1. One of the largest and well organised slums in Asia
                                                                1. Can be described as sustainable as it recycles 80% of it's waste
                                                                  1. Worth $1.5 million a year
                                                                  2. The land that it is built upon has a value of over $10 billion
                                                                    1. Goods worth over £500 million are produced every year
                                                                      1. Sold throughout Europe and North America
                                                                    2. Vision Mumbai
                                                                      1. Plan to tackle problems created by the rapid population growth
                                                                        1. Turn the city into a world-class location by 2013
                                                                          1. Work began in 2004
                                                                            1. In order to be successful they plan to remove Dharavi slum
                                                                              1. By 2007
                                                                                1. 200,000 people had been moved
                                                                                  1. 45,000 homes demolished
                                                                                    1. 300 hectares of land cleared for development
                                                                                    2. Four aspects to improve
                                                                                      1. Transport
                                                                                        1. Housing
                                                                                          1. Environment
                                                                                            1. Employment
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