growth of megacities

Question 1

Dharabi mumbai social issue

Answer 1

• 85% people work in slums

-kids as young as 12 working

-people dig thru trash to recycle for money as megacities dont have enough jobs

• doctors deal with 400 cases of poor sanitation daily
• diptheria and Tb from contaminated water

Question 2

environmental issues dharabi

Answer 2

-chemical sludge on street from factories

• lots of pollution
• 80% recycled
• animal waste and intestines

-toxic waste

Question 3

reasons for growth of megacities

Answer 3

• natural increase
  -rural to urban migration