Improving Mumbai

• urban planning can improve squatter settlements
• vision mumbai = top-down development plan to improve dharavi
• the aims of vision mumbai:

  1. improve rail, bus and road transport
  2. boost economic growth
  3. demolish slums and provide cheap housing
  4. improve water sanitation and healthcare
• negatives of vision mumbai:

  • little communal space - key factor of slums is the sense of community
  • people will have to commute far to work
  • accommodation is small
  • the poor will have to pay taxes
  • people will lose their rubbish collecting jobs
• positives of vision mumbai:

  • industrial areas are away from people's homes
  • homes have addresses and will be registered so people can apply for proper jobs
  • clean water is piped to every home
  • sewage pipes take away human waste
• developments in dharavi:

  • construction of sewage treatment plants
  • construction of water recycling
  • solar panels on the roof to generate electricity
  • air source heat pumps
  • CCTV