Mumbai

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  • location
    south western indian coast
    alpha city
  • when did mumbai emerge as a significant trading town
    18th century
  • when did it establish key infra such as docks and railways
    1870
  • when was there rapid rubanisation leading to populayion explosion and slum dev
    1980s-1990s
  • backround
    financial hub home to bombay stock exchange
    major port for international trafe
    finance, IT, testiles and bollywood
    extensive public transport system
  • high population density leading to
    overcrowding
  • severe traffic issues leading to
    air and water pollution
  • population
    21m
  • gdp per capita
    $23,000
  • financial capital
    4tn
  • 12th
    richest city in world
  • how much of indias economy
    6.16%
  • 17th
    largest city by GDP
  • top 10
    trading centres
  • antilia
    most exp residence in world. 4.6bn
  • population growth rate
    4.2%
  • birth rate
    20.1
  • death rate
    6
  • infant mortality rate
    48.6
  • how much metric tonnes of rubbish spewed a day
    7000
  • how many commuters on trains a day
    7.5m
  • how many cars on roads
    700,000
  • how much have provate vehicle numbers grown in past 8 years
    57%
  • increase in public buses
    23%
  • how much are no2 levels more than safe limit
    80x
  • how many live in slums
    1/6
  • how much as populayion risen from 1961
    8m-21m
  • natural
    increase
  • in migration from
    surrounding distructs and states
  • why do migrants come
    job opporyunities and expanding financial industries
  • traffic congestion problems

    trains arriving at station every 30mins
    transporting 6m a day
  • solutions to traffic congestion
    changing traffic lights
    driverless cars
  • pollution problems
    7000 tonnes of rubbish disposed
    no mandatory recycling system
    700,000 cars on roads each day
    manu companies
  • pollution solutions
    driverless cars
    elminate provate transport
    urban air Q managament created to increase air Q
  • poor sanitation problems

    no running water
    slums
  • solutions for poor sanitation
    foundations to create awareness
    portable toilets with running water
  • location of dharvi slum
    middle of mumbai
    2.1sqkm
  • population of dharvi slum
    1m
  • 2nd generation
    residents
  • cheap and affordable option for

    housing