3.4a, 3.4b Flashcards
What is the population of Mumbai?
12.5 million
What is the significance of Mumbai’s site?
Mumbai is situated on the west coast of India
Faces the important regional markets of the Middle East and Europe.
This is good for exports as it has a deep harbour housing 25% of India’s international trade
What is Mumbai’s connectivity like?
Connected via India’s golden quadrilateral and railway networks as well as through its harbour
How does Mumbai economically support India?
40% of exports come from Mumbai (good for FDI)
40% of income tax from Mumbai
>1/6th of India’s GDP is from Mumbai
What issues were there with the site of Mumbai?
- Jobs were ample so RUM led to a population spike in the late 20th century
- Became very overcrowded due to development only up its narrow peninsula
- This made Mumbai unhygienic and unsafe
- (1970) New Mumbai was made on the mainland as a suburb to house the overcrowded Mumbai.
How is the congestion and pollution of Mumbai tackled?
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Known as the lungs of Mumbai
100 square km of forest attracting 2million people yearly
Where is the CBD situated and what does it house?
In the city centre on the southern tip of the peninsula
Important companies: Walt Disney; Bank of America; Bank of India; Cadbury India
Old textile mills turned to housing
Shopping malls
25,000 work in the port and live in slum housing
Describe the inner suburbs.
Squatter and slum settlements - Dharavi
It was developed to house textile mill workers
Describe the outer suburbs.
- Developed along railway lines - allowed workers to commute to the city
- Industrial sectors have been developed along hthe harbour lines
Describe New Mumbai.
Low density suburb with low land prices with less congestion was the plan
Industries relocated in New Mumbai due to cheap lad and space for expansion
Describe the rural urban fringe.
Hard to locate due to large conurbation (extended urban area with many towns merging) with a population of 22 million.
- Rural areas are found in Mumbai where it is unsuitable to build land e.g. river estuaries and marshland in the east peninsula where it floods
