top down and bottom up development schemes Flashcards
what is top down development
when decision making about the development of a place is done by governments or large companies
give an example of a top down scheme in Mumbai that was unsuccessful
because the roads were congested and the roads are narrow the government decided to build the monorail
pros to building the monorail
less pollution
can climb steep hills and turn corners easily
means people are able to travel around quickly and the roads aren’t congested
cons to building the monorail
wrong destination cost a lot of money slow lack of feeder services to and from the station poor link up expensive
name a successful top down scheme
covered the rubbish dump to create a green space
why did the rubbish dump scheme work
because the 17 million people living there creates a lot of waste ( 2.34 million tons)and this was toxic and extremely damaging to the environment not to mention it was embarssing for mumbai so the came up with a soloution: the quality of life improved, clean air, temp dropped and the methane was able to be used to generate electricity for the locals
what is bottom up development
when decision making about development is made by the people
name 3 bottom up schemes
sparc toilets
hamara foundation- supporting children in slums with health and education
agora finance
advantages and disadvantages to sparc
a: able to respond directly to community needsand provide soloutions
d: it should be he government that provide the toilets
advantages and disadvantages to hamara foundation
a: able to help and impact childrens lives and improve their quality of life and insure that theyre not stuck in poverty and are able to get a job
d: a very small amount of people can be helped
advantages and disadvantages to agora finance
a: a service that was impossible for the poor to access previosly
d: intrest rates are high, reducing the profits people can make
one problem with top down development
they often leave out the poor people and sometimes don’t help the issue
one problem with bottom up development
theyre only able to help small amounts of people at a time
