Mumbai Dharavi Slums Flashcards
What were they planning to do after bulldozing Dharavi?
Give 57,000 families 250ft of accommodation in the form of 7-storey flats, each with its own water and electricity.
Why didn’t the residents trust the government anymore?
As many families had had their homes bulldozed before with no replacement or accommodation provided after.
What is the Mahim Creek?
The creek in Mumbai which over 100s of residents use as a public toilet.
Which TNC wanted to invest in India, opposite Mumbai?
Cadbury’s Schwepps
Why did the locals say that squatting in front of their houses to go toilet was better?
As otherwise you would waste water on flushing toilets.
What is the environmental QoL there?
Sprawl means lack of green space Congestion from rapid transport growth More pollution More urbanisation & industrailisation = more waste, landfill, incinceration Bad water quality
What strategies are their to tackle the issues?
Recylcing Pottery providing jobs Sweatshops providing jobs Urban 'renewal' and upgrading houses to demolish slums Hindu Temple
How was the scheme a success?
Sweatshops allowed people to make money for their family
Recycling is well ahead of its time
What are the negatives of the scheme?
People liked their lives in the slums and didn’t want change
Loss of trust in gov
Own toilet wastes water
Just turning it into a vertical slum doesn’t make it better
People lived their since birth so don’t want to change it
