Mumbai

Question 1

The main type of employment in dharavi is…?

Answer 1

informal

Question 2

How many hours a day do people have access to fresh water in dharavi?

Answer 2

2 hours (from 5 am to 7 am)

Question 3

The current population of Mumbai is approximately…?

Answer 3

23 million

Question 4

How many feature films does Bollywood produce each year?

Answer 4

1000

Question 5

How much corporate tax is generated in the city each year?(mumbai)

Answer 5

£10 billion

Question 6

What area does Dharavi cover?

Answer 6

1 sq mile

Question 7

How much did the city grow by in 2011?(mumbai)

Answer 7

990,000 people

Question 8

How many migrants have come to Mumbai?

Answer 8

500,000

Question 9

How many people commute into Mumbai each day?

Answer 9

3 million

Question 10

When did the Slum Sanitation Project begin?

Answer 10

1995

Question 11

How many people live in Dharavi?

Answer 11

1 million

Question 12

How much did the World Bank contribute to the Mumbai Rehabilitation Scheme?

Answer 12

300 million

Question 13

Mumbai handles what % of all of India’s sea trade?

Answer 13

60%

Question 14

How many people are employed as litter pickers in Mumbai?

Answer 14

35,000

Question 15

How many toilet blocks were built in the Slum Sanitation Project?

Answer 15

5100

Question 16

How many cases of sickness are there each day in Dharavi?

Answer 16

4000

Question 17

What % of waste is recycled in Mumbai?

Answer 17

80%

Question 18

How much of Maharastra’s total income is generated in Mumbai?

Answer 18

40%

Question 19

What is the size of the average apartment in the Mumbai Rehabilitation Scheme?

Answer 19

330 sq feet

Question 20

What % of apartments go to the people of Dharavi?

Answer 20

30%

Question 21

How many people share one toilet in Dharavi?

Answer 21

500

Question 22

How many one-room factories are there in Dharavi? What is their annual turnover? (Economic opportunity)

Answer 22

15000
Estimated 1billion $

Question 23

How much money per day do young children and women make doing litter sifting

Answer 23

£1 a day

Question 24

What is vision Mumbai? Or slum rehabilitation scheme?

Answer 24

Vision Mumbai is a plan to improve Dharavi. The project involves constructing high-quality, high-rise tower blocks to replace squatter settlement housing top down project. Recent developments in Dharavi include:

the construction of sewage treatment plants and water recycling
the introduction of street lighting
the aspects of buildings will make use of natural light and ventilation

Question 25

What are the 2 main factors affecting urbanisation

Answer 25

Natural increase Rural to urban migration

Question 26

Rural to urban migration push factors

Answer 26

People's homes and jobs destroyed by a natural disaster. Automation (things like combine harvesters) cause people to lose their jobs in rural agriculture. Land becomes uninhabitable because of processes like desertification.

Question 27

Rural to urban migration pull factors

Answer 27

may be more jobs and higher paid jobs in cities. Cities usually have more doctors, nurses, teachers, and other wellbeing infrastructure. Better services

Question 28

Where is Mumbai located

Answer 28

West coast of India

Question 29

What is the regional importance of Mumbai

Answer 29

The city contributes 40% of the total income of the whole state of Maharashtra Three million people commute from surrounding areas to Mumbai for work

Question 30

What is the national importance of Mumbai?

Answer 30

Mumbai is India’s commercial and financial capital, contributing around US $310 bn to its economy. It is responsible for 70 per cent of India’s maritime trade and is responsible for 25 per cent of its industrial output.

Question 31

What is the international importance of Mumbai?

Answer 31

largest amount of foreign investment of any other city in India. Mumbai has the largest number of international companies in Asia

Question 32

Sanitation issues with the dharavi slums: (think sewage and sanitation) (lack of social sustainability)

Answer 32

Sewers are open and toxic effluent around water pipes. When pipes crack, sewage and effluent get in them Children playing in contaminated water- diphtheria, typhoid - waterborne diseases

Question 33

How many people are present in 1 square mile? What does having a make-do mosque show about economic sustainability?

Answer 33

1 million. Able to utilises every bit of space and celebrate religious beliefs in a small area. And the space is flexible and can change to meet people’s needs

Question 34

What % of people have a job in the slum? (Economically sustainable?)

Answer 34

85% - high ‘employment’ rate

Question 35

What is the social issues with employment in the slums? Eg. Recycling areas and factories

Answer 35

Children can be employed at young ages, often around 12 years old in dangerous working conditions

Question 36

What are the social downsides of the slum rehabilitation project

Answer 36

Strong communities built over time with social opportunities destroyed

Question 37

What is the problem with the slum rehabilitation project for slum dwellers

Answer 37

Only a small proportion of slum dwellers will have access to new buildings to live in