3.5a+b - Mumbais Changing Population Flashcards
What is hyper urbanisation?
-This is a massively increased rate of rural to urban migration
How many people migrate to Mumbai on a daily basis?
1000 migrants
Where do migrants live?
They live in slums in Dharavi
What is the percentage increase in population of Mumbai annually?
3%
In how many years is Mumbai’s population expected to double?
Every 23 years
What area does Mumbai now occupy?
603 Square Km
Who are the types of people leaving Mumbai?
The middle class
What percentage of the population is living in the slum suburbs?
60%
What areas have investment been greatest in?
- Services (call centres, banking, finance)
- Manufacturing
- Entertainment
- Construction
What are the two ways in which Mumbai has increased in population?
- Rural to Urban Migration
- Natural increase (more people being born than dying)
Why are most migrants to Mumbai permanent migrants?
What are the pull factors?
- More jobs
- High literacy rates (95%)
- 12 Universities
- Higher incomes
What type of people migrate to Mumbai?
- Young couples who are in search of work
- They have children
- This leads to population growth
What are the slums like?
- High pop density
- Slums close to places people can work
- very cheap
Push factors of Mumbai
- difficult rural conditions Make it harder to make living from farming
- few services in rural India
- new farming techniques in India mean fewer jobs in farming needed
Pull factors of Mumbai
- rapid economic growth created huge range of jobs: high skilled to low skilled
- Education opportunities much better in Mumbai
- better healthcare options
- wages higher, even for low-skilled jobs, than countryside
