Mumbai Case Study
- Created by: lebosi4
- Created on: 07-01-19 13:45
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- Mumbai
- Dharavi- Mumbai's largest slum
- Slums
- 42% of Mumbai's population live in slums
- 1 Million people in 1 square mile
- Dharavi's $2 billion development plan
- Expansion and development
- Started as a fishing village
- Became a port
- Port makes it accessable
- Thought of as the "Gateway to India" by the British
- Port makes it accessable
- Became a port
- Expanding Northwards due to it's geography
- Started as a fishing village
- Only people who've lived in Dharavi since 2000 will be housed
- India's government is very keen, as the land is expensive
- They plan to build up - creating tall buildings to house Dharavii's citizens
- This will create more room to build more expensive housing on the land
- The majority of people in Dharavi are against the development as they believe the community will be lost
- Expansion and development
- Informal sector makes up most of the employment in Dharavi
- Informal jobs include: street sellers, taxi drivers and mechanics
- Slums
- Location
- Port makes it accessable
- Thought of as the "Gateway to India" by the British
- Access to the sea on two sides
- Port makes it accessable
- Expansion and development
- Started as a fishing village
- Became a port
- Became a port
- Expanding Northwards due to it's geography
- Started as a fishing village
- The Economy
- Informal jobs include: street sellers, taxi drivers and mechanics
- Originally made its wealth from it's colonisation by the British as well as it's textile mills and port.
- Mumbai's economy has since diversified
- Mumbai now accounts for 40% of India's foreign trade
- Mumbai's economy has since diversified
- Property in Mumbai is becoming some of the most expensive in the world
- Transport
- Traffic congestion - 1 Million on the roads everyday
- 6 million using its railway daily - large strain on Mumbai's railway system
- Hazardous
- Very frequent trains
- Second busiest airport in India
- Dharavi- Mumbai's largest slum
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