Part 9: How is Mumbai growing? Flashcards
1
Q
- What was the population of Mumbai in 2015?
A
a. 16 million
2
Q
- What will the population of Mumbai be in 2020?
A
a. 20 million
3
Q
- What was the area of Mumbai?
A
a. 68km2
4
Q
- What is the area of Mumbai now?
A
a. 603 km2
5
Q
- How many people live in Navi Mumbai?
A
a. 1 million
6
Q
- What sort of people are they?
A
a. Middle income people
7
Q
- What proportion of people live in slums?
A
a. 60%
8
Q
- What sort of jobs are developing in Mumbai?
A
a. Services e.g. banks
b. Manufacturing e.g. clothes
c. Construction e.g. house building
d. Entertainment e.g. Bollywood
9
Q
- What has happened to some factories?
A
a. Moved to another city e.g. VW cars
10
Q
- What is the effect on the price of land in Mumbai CBD?
A
a. One of the most expensive cities in the world
11
Q
- How many people move to Mumbai each day?
A
a. 1000
12
Q
- What is the growth rate of the population in Mumbai?
A
a. 3%
13
Q
- Why has Mumbai grown?
A
a. Rural urban migration
b. Natural increase
14
Q
- What is rural urban migration?
A
a. When people move from the countryside to the city
15
Q
- What is a push factor?
A
a. Why people leave a place
16
Q
- What are the push factors from rural areas?
A
a. Unemployment
b. Poverty
c. Poor education
17
Q
- What is a pull factor?
A
a. Why people are attracted to a new place
18
Q
- What are the pull factors for Mumbai?
A
a. Jobs
b. Better education
c. Higher incomes
d. Entertainment
19
Q
- What is natural increase?
A
a. When there are more births than deaths
20
Q
- What is the rate of natural increase in Mumbai?
A
a. 1.4%
21
Q
- Why is natural increase high in Mumbai?
A
a. Migrants are young and have children
