Dharavi Flashcards
The problems of sanitation
-4000 typhoid cases daily
-500 : 1 ratio of man to toilet
-Open sewers and contamination no system of cleaning
-Lots of people live close together so disease
spread fast as 277,136/km²
Water Problem stat
-Few water pipes in slums and supply only on for -2hrrs a day and limited supply
-Open sewers nearby which can infect water
-77% households suffer from poor water the chemicals and TDS are not safe
-Waterborne diseases
The negatives of living in the Slum
-Unplanned settlements have no legal rights
-Little security and lots of crime
-Informal housing
-Lack of legal rights and it’s cramped 1 room house
Poor Health
LE and why
-Life expectancies are 50
-Bad water, conditions, mosquitoes and toxic wastes
-Lack of doctors
Unemployment and poor quality work
Salary
Typers of jobs and the cycle
-Most jobs are informal such as rubbish shifting
-AVG salary of $400 - little pay roughly £1 a day
Air pollution problem
-Dirty air and high Levels of NO
-Construction and rapid development without care for sustainability as EDC country doesn’t have time
-6.5x higher than recommended particulate matter concentration
Traffic problems
-22 million registered vehicles for noise and air pollution
Social ethnic situation
Loower class citizens
Dominant caste system
Low classes here
However
- Intense sense of community as lack of money and need some sort of entertainment and communal gatherings