URBAN: Housing - Mumbai Flashcards

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Dharavi Redevelopment Project

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  • Slums have been bulldozed,
    some residents have been moved to high rise apartments.
  • The blocks aimed to replicate
    the streets and had built in working and open spaces
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Dharavi Redevelopment Project - Negatives

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  • Only those who had lived in Dharavi since 2000 were eligible for an apartment
  • Some of the apartments had problems with running water and smells
  • Concern that the Redevelopment Project will damage the informal economy
  • Some residents were moved into other parts of Mumbai, communities broken up
    and people being too far from their work
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Slum Rehabilitation
Programme

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  • Mains sewerage upgraded to reduce diseases such as
    cholera
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Slum Rehabilitation Programme Negatives

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  • In the first 12 years, only 15% of Dharavi was redeveloped. Some areas were so overcrowded it was difficult to improve them
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Self Help Schemes

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  • Provided them with tools and training to improve their own housing e.g adding
    an additional floor to combat overcrowding.
  • effective as they
    helped to reduce overcrowding
  • Toilets have been added and are shared by 2/3 families who help keep them clean reducing the amount of water related disease.
  • Self help schemes provide residents with skills that they can use to help others (1
    Effectiveness).
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New town of Navi Mumbai

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  • produced to reduce the number of people
    living in Mumbai and reduce the pressure on the city
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Navi Mumbai Negatives

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Did not provide jobs
and services for all people living there
- Many people still travel to Mumbai every day making congestion worse

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