Dharavi - The Consequences Of Urbanisation Flashcards
What are the negative consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to housing?
Housing is self-built and basic
• Fire risk - largely wooden and tightly packed. No facilities.
• Cramped - 4m x 4m. 21 people. No privacy
What are the positive consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to housing?
- No rents
- Self-improvement – consolidation
- Access to workplace – pottery kilns
What are the negative consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to sanitation?
Sewage is open
• Raw sewage alongside human activities and housing in open sewers - smell
• Disease risk – cholera, diphtheria, typhoid with 4000 cases a day
• 500 people per toilet
• Rats in rubbish
• Water rationed to 2 hours a day
What are the positive consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to sanitation?
Some have access to communal toilets
What are the negative consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to community (close-knit)?
Live in slums (illegal settlements)
• No right to be there – can be moved on
• Lack of privacy
What are the positive consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to community (close-knit)?
- Access to services/shops. Everything need is close at hand within walking distance
- Virtually no crime
- Co-operation and support
What are the negative consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to employment (mainly informal)?
- Poor working conditions - long hours and lack of health and safety regulations
- Child labour
- 25% of workers live/sleep in work place
- Poor air quality - especially in Pottery district
What are the positive consequences of urbanisation in Dharavi, in relation to employment (mainly informal)?
- High levels of employment - 85% of people in Dharavi are employed.
- Are 15 000 small factories generating $1 billion a year all based on low wages, no regulations and no taxes
- 80% of Mumbai’s plastic is recycled here
