Mumbai case study Flashcards
What percenatage of residenst in mumbai live in informal settlements
60%
What has hapened to mumbais poulation since 1991
it has nearly doubles, estimated at 23 million in 2011
How much of Indias GDP is mumbai responsible for.
5%
How much of Indias industrial output is mumbai responsible for.
25%
What sepcialsied industries is mumbai home to
aerospace, optical engineering, medical research, renewable energy, knowledge and science
What industries are the most common for informal workers
taxi drivers
street sellers
recylcers
Where is Dharavi and what does it lie on?
the west coast of mumbai, lies along a flood plain
what are some exmaples of other deprived areas
Mithi
Dinashi
Where are the rich areas of mumbai located?
Malabar hill, Bandra and Juhu- west coast
What physical factors impact inequalities
-mangrove swamps limit growth
-A major port due to the opening of the suez canal in 1869, can attract wealth and ivestment
-monsoon seasons, can be devastatating to areas of low level land
-Dharavi lies on a peninsula, which limits growth,population density
-low levels of open space, less than 0.02 acres per 1,000 people
-high levels of air pollution, nitric and nitrogen oxide
Human factors that impact inequality and growth
-Rural to urban migration (68%)
- lack of jobs and resources, gov are unable to facillitate the population density
-inadequate hygenie standards, lack of monetary support or services
- High income areas are unwiling to contibute to improval of informal settlements- disparity
What are the reasons for urbanisation?
-growth of in-migration from districts such as the maharstra
-job opportunities in expanding industries,( finance and administration)
-Natural growth of the resident population
What urban resurgence is taking place in mumbai
-Dharavi redevelopment scheme
-Vision mumbai
What is the dharavi redevelopment scheme
$2 bill redevelopment project, anyone that can prove slum residencey since 2000 will be awarded a 300sq ft house for free.
what are the positives and negatives of the slum rehabillitiaiton scheme
-increase qulaity of life and life expencatncy
-give people and opportunity ot escape the poverty cycle
- running water and sanitation
- Famillies and communities may be split up
-people forced to live away from work
What are the aims of vision mumabi?
improve rail capacity on the centeral and weestern railway lines
Investment and evelopment into bus terminals in order to encourage the use of public transport.
How has the direction of suburbanisation changed in mumbai?
it was initially in a northward direction along major transport routes
1930s-Shivaji park and outlying suburbs
1960s-inner suburbs southern salsette
1970e- exetnsive suburbs beyond vile-parle and Ghatkopar
What is the dynamic for reclaimed areas?
Areas next to creeks and mangroves
These areas house the wealthier middle and upper classesbut poorer people will build huts and in amongst these areas and full shanty areas are often likely to develop on the poorest quality areas of land
What are the consequences of suburbanisation?
- less than a 1/3 of the population live in the island city
-commuter traffic has chnaged, there is an increased amount of traffic going into the CBD
-People are economically stratified into those that can afford better housing and those that cannot
What is the planned example of counterurbanisation?
Navvi mumbai- to the east of mumbai
Has a population of 1,111,000 people and is linked to Mubai by road and rail bridges and an international airport.
Designed to reduce the population density wihtin mumbai
