P2 SECTION A: URBAN ISSUES AND CHALLENGES - DHARAVI REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

Question 1

DHARAVI: LIFE OF THE URBAN POOR

Answer 1

• Areas overcrowded with 5/6 people per room
• 4000 cases of sickness a day
• Low crime, thriving businesses (pottery for 10 000), QOL high
• Edges of area writhe with pollution and sewage: newest residents.
• Water pipes near sewage

Question 2

DHARAVI: WORKING IN THE SETTLEMENT

Answer 2

• 85% employment rate
• 5000 businesses + 15 000 factories generate £350 million a year
• Recycling huge: provides employment
• 80% plastic waste recycled compared to 23% in UK

Question 3

DHARAVI: REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT (DRP)

Answer 3

• Aim to make Mumbai slum free by 2022

1) Mumbai slum sanitation project: improve for up to 1 million. 300 community toilets. 5100 individual toilets. Separated by gender

2) Incremental housing strategies: developing into permanent areas via gradual improvements. E.g. Lafarge provide cement.

3) Slum electrification project: Global Partnership on Output Based Aid (GPOBA) provide 10 000 ppl with upgraded tech

Question 4

DHARAVI: RESULTS OF SCHEME

Answer 4

• Ppl living since 2000 eligible for flat
• Cost estimated at $2 billion
• Provide 60 000 modern homes for current dwellers
• Provide clean water, electricity, facilities,etc
• 30-40% property rate increase

Question 5

DHARAVI: ADVANTAGES OF DRP

Answer 5

• Improved sanitation: disease reduced
• Safer electrical and water supplies
• Improved transport links: better access to the rest of Mumbai
• Removing unregistered businesses: better working conditions

Question 6

DHARAVI: DISADVANTAGES OF DRP

Answer 6

• Current jobs lost (recycling/pottery)- lack skills for jobs- increase unemployment
• Community feel destroyed due to resettlement: distributed throughout city
• 40% dedicated to slum dwellers: rest for upper class
• New homes only 300 sq feet on average
• Talks for 18 years- no progress: initial cost increased by 6x