Case Studies Flashcards
Dharavi Number of toilets available People per toilet Percentage of women suffering from malnutrition Most cmon cause of death
1440
625
50%
Malnutrition
Positives of dharavi
Good community feel
85% of people work locally at their own leisure.
Informal employment= 1 billion GDP
How close does Mumbai fit the land use model
CBD built around the port. Not in centre
The rest of the model fits
LSS bottom up approach
Health charity working in Mumbai. Helps leprosy patients. It reduced from 4000 to 219. Expanded to treat tb Calls it work SET: Surveys. Educates Treats
Vision mumbai. Top down approach
Build 1 mil low cost homes and reduce slums.
Improve transport.
Improve water quality by reducing air pollution.
200000 moved from slums + 45000 homes demolished w flats replacing slums
72 new trains introduced
Cyclone nargis
Category 4 in Myanmar Protection mangrove forests protested it 140000 killed 450000 houses destroyed 65% of rice paddies destroyed
Hurricane Katrina. USA
Category 3 in 2005 Hurricane warn given out 3 days before New Orleans was evacuated 80%of New Orleans flooded 1/2 of national wildlife refuge washed away 1800 killed 3 million left without electricity 230000 jobs lost
3 gorges dam China
On Yangtze River. Top down approach
Stops floods+ generates renewable energy
300000 had died previously from floods
Holds 10.3 trillion litres of water
$22.5 billion to make
1.3 bill forced to move promised money- didn’t get
13 cities flooded in order to have the dam
Astra project- biogas. Bottom up
Researched their lives- noticed w collected fuel
Cow dung placed in metal dome- creates methane gas- as pressure increases , is pumped into homes
Created 200,000 jobs
Smoke free kitchens
Girls can get education instead of collecting fuel
India
Has 12 major ports+20 international airports
GDP went from 0.3 in 1990 to 2.1 in 2015
What are the three different types of development
Social
Economic
Political
