Mumbai Inequality Flashcards
1
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Location
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Located in the Maharashta state of western India with a total population of 23 million with half of them living in slums
2
Q
Evidence of social inequality in Mumbai
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- 60% of population live in slums
- there are millionaires living in the same area where 40% of people earn less than $10 a month and there is only 1 toilet per 1500 people
- 71% of people use public toilets and only 3% have their own facilities
- 15% have their own water built into their home
- infant mortality rate (IMR): the higher the slum %, the higher the IMR
- Antilia building (worth 2bn) a billionaire house