top down mumbai

• Sustainability


  Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• Top-down development

  Development initiated and controlled by the government or other powerful entities, often involving large-scale projects and investment
• Vision Mumbai


  1. Partnership between government, property companies and investors

  2. Investing $40 billion to improve Mumbai

  3. Completion by 2050
• Vision Mumbai


  • Aimed to transform Mumbai by building 1 million low-cost homes and reducing slums
  • Improving transport infrastructure by road and rail
  • Improving air and water quality by reducing pollution
• Quick targets of Vision Mumbai

  • Restore 325 'green' spaces that were polluted and used for dumping waste
  • Build 300 extra public toilets
• Dharavi


  A slum in Mumbai worth $10 billion due to its location next to the financial district
• Redevelopment of Dharavi


  1. Demolish Dharavi

  2. Developers buy land at a discount

  3. Build high-rise blocks for slum dwellers next to shopping malls, offices and luxury apartments
• Demolition of Dharavi


  By 2007, 200,000 people were moved, and 45,000 homes demolished
• New flats replacing slums in Dharavi

  Provided piped water and sewerage systems
• Improvements to Mumbai's railways by 2015

  72 new trains introduced, platforms raised to prevent people falling into gaps
• Measures introduced in 2015 to improve air quality


  Improved air quality in Mumbai
• Many prefer slum improvement (e.g. piped water, sewerage treatment) to demolition
• New 14-storey apartment blocks have split communities
• Rents in new flats cost more than in the slums
• Small workshops would have to move or go out of business, affecting Mumbai's recycling industry
• Many residents believe that 'Vision Mumbai' benefits only the rich and powerful
• People in Dhavari don't like the changes