Mumbai

• 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