Mumbai

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  • What is the site of Mumbai?
    Neighbours Pakistan,Bengal. Is close to a harbour in the Arabian Sea. West coast of India facing international markets
  • What is the situation of Mumbai?
    It was a small fishing village with an accessible container port
  • How is Mumbai connected to other areas
    extensive road and rail networks
    Has a harbour which can easily be travelled to
  • What is in the CBD of Mumbai?

    Old ports, old banking sector, HQs of companies - Bank of India, Cadbury India, Cadbury, Microsoft India- expensive housing
  • What is in the inner suburbs and outer suburbs of Mumbai?
    Houses for workers, squatter settlements as land is cheaper, Railway lines, new industrial areas
  • What is in the rural urban fringe of Mumbai?
    Not many buildings, river estuaries, marshland that floods quickly
  • Mumbai has grown 12 times in the past 100 years
  • Why has Mumbais population grown?
    large families and high birth rates 3/4 of population
    rural to urban migration due to better opportunities
    international migration, foreign investments as services outsource
  • Where are settlements found and why?
    Near the city centre as people cannot afford to travel
  • Economic challenges of managing the megacity
    Middle class commute which causes congestion that slows the economy
  • Political challenges of managing the megacity
    squatter settlements can be moved and cause them to be unable to reach work
  • Opportunities of those in the megacity
    -access to jobs
    -better education
    -better healthcare
    -entertainment
  • Advantages and disadvantages of Gorai Garbage site 

    + very big budget Improves lives
    -action should have been taken sooner
  • Advantages and disadvantages of Mumbai monorail
    + cheap tickets Reduces congestion
    Cost £310 million
    -not the best solution
    Mainly tourists use it
    Passenger numbers are low
  • Advantages and disadvantages of SPARC and community toilet blocks
    + they can respond directly to community needs and involve them It is much cheaper
    - the government should be in charge of providing toilets not local communities
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the Hamara Foundation
    + funding and expertise is concentrated on an important problem which is effective
    - only a small number of children helped out of the 200,000