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Mumbai case study (challenges (Managing urban growth – slums,…
Mumbai case study
challenges
Managing urban growth – slums, squatter/informal settlements
Prices are high in Mumbai. ; flats cost $1m-$3m → ↑ % of people living in slums to > 40% (10 million).
30% live in poverty in dilapidated rent-controlled houses with no basic services of sanitation, clean water supply etc
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Asia's 2nd largest slum → middle of Mumbai, 1 million people. A city within a city,
A stretch of narrow dirty lanes, open sewers and cramped huts. Rent = low 185 rupees ($4) per month.
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Providing clean water, sanitation systems and energy
1 toilet per 1,440 residents in Dharavi. Mahim Creek, a local river, is widely used by locals as a toilet → ↑ spread of contagious disease + inadequate drinking water supply.
Dengue fever, cholera and hepatitis
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Mumbai moving from secondary → tertiary = fewer unskilled jobs for new migrants → desperation leads to crime
opportunities
social
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Family life dominates with up to 5 people per room. The houses often have no planning to fit fire regulations.
Rooms within houses have multiple functions, including living, working and sleeping.
Daily chores are done in social spheres because people live close to one another. This helps to generate a sense of community.
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85% of people have a job in the slum and work LOCALLY, and some have even managed to become millionaires
economic
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It is sorted into wire, electrical products, and plastics.
People work → dangerous conditions inc. toxic substances, without protective clothing. Industries inc. manufacture of metal cages inside suitcases, making 700 pieces per day, paid 3 rupees per piece.
@ 15,000 one room factories in Dharavi
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location and importance
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Region vulnerable to earthquakes + slum and informal housing [bustees] do not conform to building regulations.
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