Inequalities: Dharavi and Spitalfields
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- Created on: 21-12-21 15:08
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- Social inequalities: Dharavi and Spitalfields
- Social and economic conditions
- Dharavi
- Annual business turnover $500-$650 million
- 68% are employed in the informal sector
- 1 toilet for every 1450 people
- 1/3 have no access to clean drinking water
- Rent as low as £2.20 per month
- Wealth divide: richest 1% control 53% of the wealth
- 678 cases of child sex abuse (2014)
- Annual business turnover $500-$650 million
- Spitalfields
- 26% households are owner occupied, 73% renters
- Spitalfields and Banglatown employment rate is 54.1%
- 839 crimes in 2016
- 31.9% of households own a car
- Dharavi
- Housing conditions and environ-mental quality
- Dharavi
- Majority live in shacks; incredibly fragile and collapse regularly
- 90% of all housing units are illegal
- Premnagar slum fire (2014) destroyed 150 shanties
- Air pollution 136 micrograms/m3 ('safe' is 20)
- Majority live in shacks; incredibly fragile and collapse regularly
- Spitalfields
- Many 18th Century houses
- Average house price: £850,000
- Located in one of the most polluted boroughs; Tower Hamlets broke acceptable NO2 limit 10 times (2016)
- Many 18th Century houses
- Dharavi
- Factors influencing social inequality
- Dharavi
- Income: low - £120 a year
- Health: 4,000 cases of dyptheria and typhoid daily
- Education: 2 schools; most literate slum in India (69%)
- Gender: women are perceived as equal status BUT alleged cases of ****/assault
- Age: young population; families have many children
- Religion: 33% Muslim, 13% average in India (Christian 6% and Hindus 60%
- Lack of mobility: walking or cycling
- Spitalfields
- Income: Average income is £29,550
- Health: Generally good health (London Royal Hospital nearby)
- Education: free education; 27% of over 16s have 4+ GCSEs
- Gender: 51.5% men, 48.5% women
- Mobility: Good access to trans-portation
- Religion: 34.5% Muslim majority, 27.4% Christian
- Dharavi
- How does social inequality influence the life of people in these locations?
- Dharavi
- Inequality increases poverty crime and violent crime
- Spitalfields
- Good access to services; shops, Spitalfields market, transport, hospitals
- High air pollution: 4000-9000 deaths in London as a result
- Low number of schools: detrimental impact on children's educational opportunities
- Diverse ethnic make-up may lead to dis-crimination
- Poor living conditions in houses with high occupancy rates
- Dharavi
- Social and economic conditions
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