Mumbai Flashcards
Mumbai is a ………….. with a population of…………in 2016
in 1971…………, Mumbai’s population was ………
megacity,
2016: 20.7 million (in Greater Mumbai, while the ‘city’ has 11.9 million in 2019)
1971: 5.9 million
Mumbai, like London, is situated on the…………and is a major…………. on the ……………….Ocean
- situated on the coast
- major port
- India Ocean
Mumbai is India’s…………..centre and a hub for………………and…………
- India’s financial centre
- hub for industry and services
………………of the population live in slums
-more than half
one of the largest slums is:
this is home to…………people
- Dharavi
- 1 million people live there
sanitation is poor and many homes have no water supply. the lack of toilet and sewage facilities is a risk to health as raw sewage spreads disease
………….of India’s millionaires live in Mumbai, near the……………..
two of the richest districts are:
a quarter
CBD (Central Business District)
Bandra and Andheri
the literacy rate is about…….% in the slums an d……….% in the city as a whole
60% in slums
90% for Mumbai as a whole
literacy rates are also lower for women than for men: GENDER INEQUALITY
there are higher rates of …………..and other………….. in poorer communities than more affluent areas because:
- higher rates of HIV and other STIs in poorer areas
- there are few job opportunities for women in slums
- with no qualifications, some women resort to prostitution to earn a living
- this has both physical and mental health implications which are not dealt with in slums
only…….% of slum residents have access to public healthcare
30% only
infant mortality rate is ………………deaths per 1000 in Mumbai, while in London this is…………per 1000
26 per 10000 Mumbai
3.4 per 1000 London
……% of Mumbai’s residents class themselves as very happy with life
42%
recently, there has been an influx of African migrants to Mumbai, and many face:
- racial discrimination as they struggle to find good jobs and are forced to live in slums
- many experience racial prejudice including verbal abuse and higher risk of arrest by police
the average rainfall in Mumbai in July (Monsoon season) is
960mm which is one of the highest amounts in India
a monsoon climate is:
a long dry season followed by s period of intense rainfall
……river flow through Mumbai, including the
- 5 rivers
- Dahisar and Mithi
in …………..20….. , monsoon rains caused the…………River to flood, killing………..people and leaving…………homeless
July 2005
killed 400 people
left 10,000 people homeless
because of limited room to expand, many new developments are built on ……………
floodplains, increasing the poor’s vulnerability
Mumbai also sits on ……………….. and so is vulnerable to …………..and…………..because of its…………topography
- seismically active area
- risk of earthquakes and tsunamis
- low lying, so at risk of coastal flooding form tsunamis
……% of the River…………’s embankments are built informal settlements
70%
River Mithi
the………………port of Mumbai handles……% of India’s containerised trade
Jawaharlal Nehru Port
60%
The city was once an archipelago of……islands but was converted in ……….by the Hornby Vellard land reclamation project into one landmass
1845
Mumbai’s geology is :
this is good for
- black Deccan basalt
- good for the erection of high-rise buildings
there are……….skyscrapers in Mumbai today over 150m tall
43 over 150m tall
Mumbai is home to the headquarters of the………..Group worth $………….and ……………….worth $………………
Tata Group worth $71 billion
Reliance Industries worth $59 billion
Mumbai is the capital of………………..State and is the seat of the………………………
as a result,
- Maharashtra State
- Bombai High Court
-this means state and central government employees make up a large percentage of the city’s workforce
the city used to be known for its trade in ………….and………….
textiles and precious metals, getting the nickname ‘the Manchester of the East’
Many textile mills became unprofitable and fell into disrepair, such as …………….which has now been redeveloped as………………….
Mafatlal Mill
now Marathon Futurex, an IT and financial business centre
In Dharavi, there is a growing …………industry
there are………….single-rooms factories in Dharavi
recycling industry
15,000
Mumbai accounts for……….% of India’s trade
40%
The…………………International Airport is the main aviation hub in the city and the second busiest airport in India in terms of passenger traffic
handled …………passengers in 2011-12
Chhatrapati
30.74 million passengers
there are plans to expand Chhatrapati Airport to handle……..passengers
40 million
Mumbai hosts India’s premier scientific and nuclear institutes, including the ……………
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indian Rare Earth Limited and the Tata institute of Fundamental Research
most slum areas in Mumbai lack ………………meaning illnesses such as……..are spread by the dirty water, also reducing…………..
lack adequate sanition
hepatitis
reducing local fish populations
Mumbai’s water supply relies on ………………, meaning water is rationed during the ………………..and as demand for water grows, this is………..in the long term
- monsoon
- dry season
- unsustainable
in the neighbourhood of ……….., waste on open rubbish dumps is burnt, adding to air pollution
between…………-…………., ….% of deaths in…………..were caused by respiratory problems
Chembur
2008-2010
25% of deaths
there are around ……..more vehicles on Mumbai’s roads every day, which releases SOx gases, causing regular acid rain
450 more cars a day
in …………, the government announced a redevelopment project to:
2004
clear the Dharavi slum and create a new independent township
in ……….., the World Bank provided $………….for the upgrade of Mumbai’s transport system
2001
$1 billion
there is a ‘…………………’ Campaign to clear litter and educate local residents about how to recycle and dispose of waste in a more environmentally conscious way
‘Clean-Up Mumbai Campaign
The………………….runs…………………….campaigns to reduce HIV
new gov. legislation plans to:
- National AIDS Control Organisation
- condom promotion campaigns
- plan to make it illegal to discriminate against HIV/AIDS-positive people
to increase water security, the local authority has made rainwater harvesting system compulsory on all new residential building rooftops on plots larger than …………..m2
however, since …….. only ……% of eligible buidlings have actually complied
300m2
2007
50%
the first overhead metro line from north to south opened in …..
there are plans to open a further…………….lines
2014
78 planned
The Greater Mumbai Disaster Management Action Plan was created in ………….
2005
