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Mumbai Flashcards

1
Q

Where is Mumbai?

A

Western India boring the Arabian sea

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2
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How big is Mumbai?

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169 square miles

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3
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What climate is Mumbai?

A

Monsoon climate

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4
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What is the average max temp is July?

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29 degree celsius

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5
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What is the average min temp in January?

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23 degrees celsius

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6
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What sort of city is Mumbai?

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A world city

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7
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What is the most expensive building in Mumbai?

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£2 billion 28 story building

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8
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What are the slums called in Mumbai?

A

Dharavi

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9
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What is Mumbai’s population?

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22 million

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10
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What percentage of the population live in slums?

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41.3%

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11
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What is the majority religion in Mumbai?

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Hinduism with 65%

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12
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What percentage earn under 150,000 rupees a year?

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25%

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What percentage earn over 1,000,000 rupees a year?

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27%

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14
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Overall what is the distribution of economic wealth?

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Very poor

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15
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What sort of education is on offer?

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Schooling, however it is only available for those willing to pay for it

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16
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What percentage are hospitals sort of doctors by?

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44%

17
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What is the river Mithi like?

A

Very polluted, rife with disease, unregulated dumping, animal waste in the river

18
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What schemes are in place to restore the river Mithi?

A

Garbage collection systems are on offer, Legislation on dumping into the river, people hired to clean the river, long term idea of sewers and to dredge the entire river

19
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What is the air quality like in Mumbai?

A

Very poor due to large pollution emissions

20
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What are the health problems associated with this?

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Bronchitis, asthma, cancer

21
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What are the schemes in place to improve the air quality?

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National air quality index, Monorail set up, cycling is encouraged. chimneys must be above a certain height, vegetation on roofs, legislation on burning materials

22
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What happens to derelict land in Mumbai?

A

It is immediately taken up by slums, existing infrastructure is poorly constructed, lack of government funding for restoring

23
Q

What are the schemes in place to solve dereliction?

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Investments, training unemployed to build structures soundly, more legislation on building qualities

24
Q

What percentage of people use no irrigation for their agricultural practises?

A

60%

25
Q

What was the scheme to ballers the unsustainibilty of Mumbai?

A

Build New Bombay, which would include 20 residential hubs and house 200,000 people close to Mumbai

26
Q

How many monorails are being planned?

A

78

27
Q

What is the estimated cost to make Mumbai sustainable?

A

$40 trillion

28
Q

How many languages are spoken in Mumbai?

A

15

29
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What is the largest ethnic group?

A

Maharashtrians

30
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What is the perception of Mumbai?

A

Very dirty, underdeveloped and overcrowded

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