Why Are There Differences In Quality Of Life In Mubai Flashcards
How does Mumbai’s properties contribute to the quality of life?
Most of Mumbai’s population is rent controlled so there is a limit to how high the rent can be.
This discourages the renters to make improvements or developments to accommodations as they would get the same amount of rent
How has corruption affected the quality of life in Mumbai?
Corruption has meant that areas which were supposed to have cheap accommodations has been bought by property developers to make expensive apartments only rich can afford
How does the government in Mumbai affect quality of life?
The government is very inefficient so it takes long for infrastructure and improvements to be approved.
Slow changes
How informal economy affects quality of life?
As there are no taxes on informal economy government doesn’t get any money to improve the city
How does the use of land affect quality of life?
Squatter settlements are near the railways make the land less valuable when it can be developed into a valuable area but they would would have to relocate the squatters which would be hard optically but is good economically.
How does transport infrastructure affect the quality of life?
Lots of traffic congestion
Building new transport infrastructure is expensive and not enough space
