Mumbai case study Flashcards
Where is Mumbai
western India along the coast of the arabian sea, the city is on a narrow peninsula (a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side)
Is Mumbai a rich or poor city
20% of the population live below the poverty line
Mumbai information
20 million people, india’s largest city and 4th largest in the world
What is the regional importance of Mumbai
3 million people commute to work there, population is growing taking the young workforce from neighbouring cities, contributes 40% of total income of the state Maharashtra, Hi-tech industries are growing
What is the national importance of Mumbai
contributes $310 bn to its economy, 70% of India trade by boat, 25% of industrial output, 33% income tax, major chemical & pharmaceutical industries, many small businesses, highest % of internet access
What is the international importance of Mumbai
receives largest amount of foreign investment, largest number of international companies in Asia, tourism in booming by thousands
Dharavi information
asia’s largest slum, population of 1 million, most people work in recycling and processing Mumbai’s waste
Why is Mumbais population growing
rural-to-urban migration - people move to Mumbai for a better quality of life, opportunities, education, shops, jobs that rural areas don’t provide. natural increase - fertility rate is increasing and as people come to Mumbai they start families
Challenges to Mumbai
Shanty towns and slums, traffic congestion, sweatshops, polluted water
What are the problems with slums
electricity, high risk of disease, far from help, water pollution, death on trains
Why is water pollution a problem in the Dharavie
if people drink the water diseases could be spread and as people live close together they are spread quickly
Why are there lots of death by trains in Mumbai
lots of traffic and expensive to buy a car so trains are over-congested and many people die from falling out the train or electrocution
