Mumbai Case Study
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- Created on: 31-01-18 17:31
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- Mumbai - Megacity Case Study
- Background
- The commercial
capital of India
- India's finance centre due to its ports
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Home to 17 million people
- Due to Natural Increase and rural to urban migration
- 600 new migrants arrive a day
- The commercial
capital of India
- Factors causing rapid urbanisation
- Push Factors
- Low amount of jobs
- Poverty
- Mechanisation
- Drought/Flooding
- Pull Factors
- Large amounts of jobs and opportunitiesavaliable
- Global hub for communications
- Promise of a better life
- Push Factors
- Impacts
- Low average incomes
- 60% live in poverty
- Home to Dharavi
- 2nd largest slum in Asia
- High amounts of air pollution
- Poor transport links
- Dharavi
- Largest slum in Asia
- Home to 800,000 people
- Close-Knit community
- For many there, their home is their business
- Lies on prime property
- There is a toilet for every 1000 people
- Meaning that there are low amounts of hygiene
- Overcrowded
- Background
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