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Mumbai - Megacity
- Mumbai
- Megacity on the west-coast on India.
Annotations:
- Megacity - a city with a population over 10million.
- Home to over 20 million people.
- 40% of all international flights
to India land in Mumbai.
- It's geographical location means
that it has become a global hub
for some of the world's TNCs.
- The city is home to Bollywood.
- 60% of the population
is living in poverty.
- Megacity on the west-coast on India.
- Urban cycle
- Population is growing rapidly.
- Urbanisation is occurring - people are
migrating to Mumbai from all over India.
- The urban pull makes people want to
move for better job opportunities, better
services, housing and quality of life.
- The urban pull makes people want to
move for better job opportunities, better
services, housing and quality of life.
- Suburbanisation is also occurring - some people
are moving away from the inner city. Suburbs are
being built along to main rail and road routes.
- Population is growing rapidly.
- Economy
- Fast growing based on manufacturing but the
service industry in becoming more important.
- An increase in IT and finance.
- Major media centre.
- Major centre for out-sourced work.
- Fast growing based on manufacturing but the
service industry in becoming more important.
- Dharavi
- Largest shanty town in Asia.
- 100,000 people live and work in this area.
- Goods worth
over $500m are
produced here.
- Quality of life is one of
the lowest in the world.
- Largest shanty town in Asia.
- Vision Mumbai
- Environment
- Creation of 325
new open spaces.
- 300 new public
toilets to deal with
sanitary problems.
- Creation of 325
new open spaces.
- Transport
- Opened first
metro line in
2008.
- 'Sealink' highway along
the coast northern and
southern Mumbai.
- 25km bridge connecting the city
centre with towns on the other
side of the Bay of Mumbai.
- 160
energy-efficient
trains.
- Opened first
metro line in
2008.
- Housing
- 200,000 illegal slum
dwellers have been
moved & 45,00 shanty
towns across the city
have been destroyed.
- 7-storey apartments
will be built in the area
for slum dwellers.
- Dharavi has been
given its own
development project.
- 200,000 illegal slum
dwellers have been
moved & 45,00 shanty
towns across the city
have been destroyed.
- Employment
- Improve economic growth
rate by 8-10% a year.
- Create 200,000 jobs
in the service sector.
- 200,000 jobs
in the new
industrial zone.
- Increase
construction
employment by
500,000.
- Improve economic growth
rate by 8-10% a year.
- Environment
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