Mumbai

Mumbai

1. Changes/ Future

   • Government wants to make improvements to Dharavi
     • Better sanitation
     • Better schools
   • Council wants to remove the slums
     • To be replaced with high rise housing
       • Offices
       • Shops
       • Entertainment

2. Links to Sheffield

   • Tata steel
     • Based in Mumbai
     • Factory in Sheffield
   • University
     • Sheffield promotes itself in mumbai
   • Tertiary jobs
     • call centres
   • National parks
     • Sanjay gandhi
     • Peak

3. Human features

   • Largest and richest city in India
     • 20 million people
   • Adult literacy rate of 61%
   • Lie expectancy of 69
   • Rich and poor areas
     • Poorer areas towards edge of city
     • Rich areas surround CBD in southern Mumbai
   • Dharavi slums
     • Low standards of living
     • Residents have built up a high quality of life
       • self improved houses
     • generates hug income for the city
       • Informal economy, e.g potters

4. Physical fearures

   • Peninsular into Arabian sea
   • Ulhas river
   • Flat around edge of island
   • Salesette Island
   • Rocky coast (west)
     • Mangrove swamp (east)
     • Hills in North (300m)

5. Climate

   • Monsoon season
     • Wet season
       • Jun-Sept
       • 650mm rainfall per month
     • Dry season
       • Oct-May
       • 5-10mm of rainfall per month
     • Low pressure water system
       • Air rises
         • cools
           • Condenses
             • Rains