Impacts of social inequality

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Flora Wallace

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  • High levels of migration led to unplanned growth. It is estimated that over 50% of Mumbai residents live in slums.
  • The average Indian would need to work for three centuries to afford a luxury home in Mumbai
  • Dharavi is the largest and most well-known slum. It is famous for the thousands of micro-industries there that produce over $650million per year.
  • o   Population density is high: 300,000 per km
    o   4500 daily cases of cholera and other diseases
    o   1 toilet per 1000 people
    o   Most cannot afford healthcare.