topic 3

Question 1

what is a megacity?

Answer 1

a city that has over 10 million people

Question 2

what 4 things contribute to being a world city?

Answer 2

investment, airline traffic, decision making, political decisions

Question 3

what is net growth?

Answer 3

the number left after subtracting those leaving from those arriving

Question 4

what is the informal economy?

Answer 4

unofficial jobs, don’t get taxed, no company or employment rights or comtracts

Question 5

what is the formal economy?

Answer 5

official jobs, meets legal standards, is taxed

Question 6

3 examples of informal economy jobs

Answer 6

selling goods, cooking or selling food, offering services

Question 7

what is a brownfield site?

Answer 7

former industrial areas that have been developed on before

Question 8

what is regeneration?

Answer 8

redeveloping former industrial or housing areas to improve them

Question 9

3 reasons why Mumbai is a mega city

Answer 9

india’s second biggest port, its location makes it closer to europe, air traffic and international airport is important

Question 10

why is there rural-urban migration in mumbai?

Answer 10

lack of jobs in rural areas, better education, higher income

Question 11

what did vision mumbai hope to do?

Answer 11

destroy slums and instead build low cost apartments, improve air quality, improve transport, build extra public toilets etc etc

Question 12

why didn’t people like vision mumbai?

Answer 12

rent is more expensive than the slums, they’d rather have slum improvements than demolition, small workshops and businesses could be destroyed