Case study - Mumbai LEDC megacity
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- Case Study - Mumbai (LEDC Megacity - vision Mumbai)
- Pull Factors
- Party Lifestyle
- Job opportunities e.g trade, healthcare, finance, fashion
- More money
- Culture
- Good location for trade as it is on the coast
- Shopping
- Healthy living environment which is good for young people wanting a family
- Facts
- India's capital city
- located above the equator
- In 2007 the population was 14 million
- Vision Mumbai
- Housing
- Massive clean-up of shanty towns
- 45,000 shanty towns destroyed
- New 7 story apartment buildings have been built for residents to live in
- Businesses given a free 1.3m squared of land for every 1m squared they build on
- 200,000 illegal shanty town residents have been evicted
- Transport
- 15km metro line built in 2008 has been extended to 50 km in 2011
- Elevated sea link between the northern bay of mumbai and the city
- A 25km bridge was built that connects the city to the southern bay. this was done by carbon credits
- There are 100 tram lines around the city.
- Economy
- In order to succeed with vision mumbai, Mumbai must improve my 8% a year
- Hope to create 200,000 service sector jobs in healthcare finance and enterntainment
- Hope to create 200,000 new industrial jobs arounf the poirt and the airport, based on computer design and fashion
- Environment
- Dharavi Slum
- 60% of the population live in slums
- Dharavi covers 220 hectares of land near the airport
- Some roads are as small as 2 metres, some are even as wide as 1 metre
- Housing
- Future
- By 2013 the city should be re-furbished
- There should be wider roads, more efficent trains and buses and beautiful sea promenades and gardens
- there should be no shortage of water, electricity and sanitation
- Shouldn't fail to provide services for the people of Mumbai as they are the no.1 global economy - so should provide a healthy living environment
- Pull Factors
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