Bangalore, India: growing urban area

• Bangalore has a population of 6 million people and is the fastest growing city in Asia
• There are 1154 IT companies in Bangalore with a growth of domestic companies such as Infosys
• The main industries in Bangalore include Information Technology (IT), Biotechnology, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Engineering, Manufacturing and Defense.
• There were 1000 protestors when Lloyds closed down its UK call centres to move to Bangalore in 2000.
• Bangalore has the third busiest airport in India
• Political impacts

  • Land set aside for high tech business park 'Electric City'
  • Low taxes
  • Gov investment to tackle urban problems
• Economic impacts

  • Growth of informal sector to meet supply of high-tech workforce
• Social impacts

  • growing middle class in gated communities
  • pressure on housing leading to slums
• Technological impacts

  • growth of domestic IT based companies such as Infosys
• Demographic impacts

  • youthful age structure
  • rapid population growth due to migration
• 80% of residents speak english fluently in Bangalore