Mumbai Case Study and Vision Mumbai Flashcards

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Construction in Mumbai

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Enormous demand for new houses factories and offices As a result many migrants are employed in this sector

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Main manufacturing industry is textiles which employs half of the cities factory workers Other booming industries include engineering and computer software Most products are for exports

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To attract investment, tax rates are kept low which means that Despite the industrial growth the city authorities have a limited income available to develop the city for the benefit of the large numbers of low wage/low income families

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A shanty town situated to the north of central Mumbai

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1 million live illegally there

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Small 3m * 4m— crowded Wooden structure- fire hazard and hard to get out No privacy

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No rent Self improvement —> consolidation Access to workplace—

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Not welcoming to outsiders Lack of privacy No rift to be there- can be moved on

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Everyone works together and are close and v social Everyone prays together- make do mosque Work seems like a social gathering Access to service/shops everything in walking distance Cooperation and support Crime is not wide spread due to strong social structures of

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Children play near them- disease Inc toxic compounds- can contaminate water supply as close to water pipe High levels of typhoid etc 4000 cases a day in hospital due to contaminated water clothes can’t be clean- contaminated Cholera 500 people per toilet Rats in rubbish Water rationed to 2 hours a day

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Some have access to communal toilets

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Industry- untaxed, illegal Bad working conditions Child workers 25% workers live/ sleep in work place -poor air quality esp in pottery district

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80% have job Many= wealthy Cheap labour- keep cost low 15000 small factories generating a billion a year- based on low wages, kovregukations, no tax 80% of Mumbai’s plastic is recycled here Some formal employment and much informal employment

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Plan to transform Dharavi into a world class city by 2015 w a new transport system, upgraded services + higher quality housing for all Main aim- million low cost houses to be built to reduce slum population to 10% of 2000 level Slums like Dharavi would go Private developers- build high rise flats and commercial properties on valuable land

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Building on brownfield sites - no destroys of additional habitat, won’t affect ecosystems and ruin biodiversity Removal of open sewage system- less rats and pollution etc Polluting industries such as soap and leather tanning will be moved to outskirts of Mumbai to improve air quality

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Located south of Mithi river and is less resistant to flooding Makes the area look more attractive and makes the land more valuable People will pay more to live there- Positive Multiplier effect Plan is to redevelop for expansion of BKC. This is Mumbai’s new financial districts- this would benefit TNCs Government tax might increase if companies pay tax- can improve services

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Any family that can prove they lived in Dharavi since 1995 will receive free housing in the new blocks Dharavi is located south of Mithi river- resistant to flooding m- more attractive- high quality of life for people living there Hospitals/schools services etc built- high quality of life for those who live there as educated etc New housing tower blocks being built w modern amnesties. Inc inside toilets and running water- no more open sewers m- reduced illness- currently 4000 cases a day

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Reconstruction/buildings new flats/buildings etc size air pollution

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Many residents of Dharavi who haven’t lived there since 1995 have to leave- homeless- low quality life Flow of migrants high -1000 a week- VM can’t be the solution Thousands of smaller industrial units= shut down. Rise people will be out of work- less disposable income - can’t afford eg private health care- low standard of living PLAN NOT FINISHED 2015 DEADLINE

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Thousands of smaller industrial units that work out of lofts- shut out of work- no disposable income- neg ME Unregulated small scale ‘swear shops’ forced to close Unemployment rates rises.