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Mumbai
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A-Levels Geography (Going Global) Mind Map on Mumbai, created by Jodie Goodacre on 28/04/2013.
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Mumbai
Experiencing hyper-urbaisation
Economy has grown based on manufacturing
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
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
3 million in 1950
18 million today
26 million in 2020
40% of all international flights land there
Not all people have benefited from the growth
Life expectancy
68 in the city
65 as a whole nation
60% of the population live in poverty
1/3 live in absolute poverty
Employment in the informal sector is rising
Poorly paid and unreliable
High levels of congestion and pollution
High level of Rural-Urban migration
Housing shortages
Quality of life is one of the lowest of all world cities
It came 150th out of 216
Dharavi
Over 1 million inhabitants
Streets are narrow
Houses are poorly constructed
Overcrowded
Poor sanitation
High levels of disease
Often water shortages
There have been incidents of fires due to lack of regulation
One of the largest and well organised slums in Asia
Can be described as sustainable as it recycles 80% of it's waste
Worth $1.5 million a year
The land that it is built upon has a value of over $10 billion
Goods worth over £500 million are produced every year
Sold throughout Europe and North America
Vision Mumbai
Plan to tackle problems created by the rapid population growth
Turn the city into a world-class location by 2013
Work began in 2004
In order to be successful they plan to remove Dharavi slum
By 2007
200,000 people had been moved
45,000 homes demolished
300 hectares of land cleared for development
Four aspects to improve
Transport
Housing
Environment
Employment
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