Mumbai Flashcards
The main type of employment in dharavi is…?
informal
How many hours a day do people have access to fresh water in dharavi?
2 hours (from 5 am to 7 am)
The current population of Mumbai is approximately…?
23 million
How many feature films does Bollywood produce each year?
1000
How much corporate tax is generated in the city each year?(mumbai)
£10 billion
What area does Dharavi cover?
1 sq mile
How much did the city grow by in 2011?(mumbai)
990,000 people
How many migrants have come to Mumbai?
500,000
How many people commute into Mumbai each day?
3 million
When did the Slum Sanitation Project begin?
1995
How many people live in Dharavi?
1 million
How much did the World Bank contribute to the Mumbai Rehabilitation Scheme?
300 million
Mumbai handles what % of all of India’s sea trade?
60%
How many people are employed as litter pickers in Mumbai?
35,000
How many toilet blocks were built in the Slum Sanitation Project?
5100
How many cases of sickness are there each day in Dharavi?
4000
What % of waste is recycled in Mumbai?
80%
How much of Maharastra’s total income is generated in Mumbai?
40%
What is the size of the average apartment in the Mumbai Rehabilitation Scheme?
330 sq feet
What % of apartments go to the people of Dharavi?
30%
How many people share one toilet in Dharavi?
500
How many one-room factories are there in Dharavi? What is their annual turnover? (Economic opportunity)
15000
Estimated 1billion $
How much money per day do young children and women make doing litter sifting
£1 a day
What is vision Mumbai? Or slum rehabilitation scheme?
Vision Mumbai is a plan to improve Dharavi. The project involves constructing high-quality, high-rise tower blocks to replace squatter settlement housing top down project. Recent developments in Dharavi include:
the construction of sewage treatment plants and water recycling
the introduction of street lighting
the aspects of buildings will make use of natural light and ventilation
What are the 2 main factors affecting urbanisation
Natural increase
Rural to urban migration
Rural to urban migration push factors
People’s homes and jobs destroyed by a natural disaster.
Automation (things like combine harvesters) cause people to lose their jobs in rural agriculture.
Land becomes uninhabitable because of processes like desertification.
Rural to urban migration pull factors
may be more jobs and higher paid jobs in cities.
Cities usually have more doctors, nurses, teachers, and other wellbeing infrastructure.
Better services
Where is Mumbai located
West coast of India
What is the regional importance of Mumbai
The city contributes 40% of the total income of the whole state of Maharashtra
Three million people commute from surrounding areas to Mumbai for work
What is the national importance of Mumbai?
Mumbai is India’s commercial and financial capital, contributing around US $310 bn to its economy. It is responsible for 70 per cent of India’s maritime trade and is responsible for 25 per cent of its industrial output.
What is the international importance of Mumbai?
largest amount of foreign investment of any other city in India. Mumbai has the largest number of international companies in Asia
Sanitation issues with the dharavi slums: (think sewage and sanitation) (lack of social sustainability)
Sewers are open and toxic effluent around water pipes. When pipes crack, sewage and effluent get in them
Children playing in contaminated water- diphtheria, typhoid - waterborne diseases
How many people are present in 1 square mile? What does having a make-do mosque show about economic sustainability?
1 million. Able to utilises every bit of space and celebrate religious beliefs in a small area. And the space is flexible and can change to meet people’s needs
What % of people have a job in the slum? (Economically sustainable?)
85% - high ‘employment’ rate
What is the social issues with employment in the slums? Eg. Recycling areas and factories
Children can be employed at young ages, often around 12 years old in dangerous working conditions
What are the social downsides of the slum rehabilitation project
Strong communities built over time with social opportunities destroyed
What is the problem with the slum rehabilitation project for slum dwellers
Only a small proportion of slum dwellers will have access to new buildings to live in
