Changing Land Use, Rapid Urban Growth- Mumbai

Question 1

Facts about slums, squatter settlements

Answer 1

Dharavi slum next to rich urban area, inequality, ppl earn small amount of money (about £40/ month), no services provided for them, overcrowding so disease spread

Question 2

Water problems caused by rapid industralisation

Answer 2

Pollution of Mithi River by big companies who use it as dump, 800M litres of untreated sweage go into river every day, river then used for drink of wash so many problems

Question 3

Flood risks due to industralisation

Answer 3

Waste blocks drains and plants grow on waste increasing flood risk, flood with only 1metre of rain in 24h in 2004. Caused airport to close, cost $100 million, 406 dead

Question 4

Solutions to floods

Answer 4

Water channel made deeper, obstacles removed and river widened, education and awareness taight

Question 5

Air pollution due to industralisation

Answer 5

Greenhouse gases b/c of burning rubbing and factories, mpre electricity needed as economy grows so more FFs burnt, breathing problems

Question 6

Solutions for air problems

Answer 6

Metro system to use public transport, diesel banned, roads fixed so less congestion

Question 7

Named places

Answer 7

Rapid industralisation has lead to pollution of Mithi Rover

Question 8

Migration to Mumbai

Answer 8

Many people go there from rural areas looking for better services and quality of life and find they have to live in a slum next to the city, creates inequality