URBANISATION
(the increasing percentage of people living in towns and cities)
India - Cities are the future? 31% of India's population currently live in urban areas - this is projected to rise rapidly by 2030 - find the interactive map in this link to see the changes from 2008 to 2030. The major industrial hubs
Mumbai, India
life in Mumbai - short BBC clip
Use the information from pages 136 to 140 in Smith + Knill the links below and the powerpoint in this folder to create your case study of Urbanisation (lots on coolgeography too)
Focus on the Causes, Characteristics and Consequences - use these as your subheadings.
Causes of urbanisation in Mumbai
1. watch this clip and read p 136 too - what can you find out about its SITE and the role of the British? Industrial growth.
2.Sort out these PUSH and PULL factors
3, There are three spatial scales involved in encouraging urbanisation - The emergence of the global economy, at a national level the shift from primary to secondary and tertiary industry and then there are local factors that determine if urbanisation will flourish - SEE WITHERICK page 21 - add examples relating to India and Mumbai to create your own version of Figure 14.
The Characteristics of urbanisation in Mumbai
The Effects of urbanisation in Mumbai
watch this first - be brave! Kevin McCloud - Slumming It - an insight into life in Dharavi WATCH
Examine the effects of urbanisation in Mumbai (10)
Use these links and your textbook - classify the effects so that your response is clearly structured - environmental, socio-economic, political, positive, negative.. ( a suggested approach here)
Consider:
Read this overview of the problems Mumbai faces - find some useful facts!
Problems in Mumbai -
Transport - 7.5 million passengers a day - the most overcrowded system in the world!
the impact of the monsoon, the redvelopment of Dharavi - and an insight into life in Asia's largest slum.- listen and look at this! and...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7265333.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/mumbai-pt-2-3/5913.html
A consequence of continuing urbanisation is
Suburbanisation - it is also happening in the LEDW - Mumbai - use this in conjunction with the article on Suburbanisation in Mumbai and powerpoint
Managing the urbanisation process...
Because urban growth has been so rapid in many of the world's developing cities it has created issues such as pressure on infrastructure, industry and employment, transport, then environment and, of course, housing...
We will focus on Mumbai and some of its key problems:
Some KEY FACTS to get started!
The plans for Dharavi and associated conflicts - a short clip that sets the scene for the redevelopment of Dharavi - watch
and watch this too - 2012 plans still controversial
Dharavi plans - go ahead? finally?
More examples of management projects from the Mumbai Metropolitain Regional Development Authority MMRDA
There are lots more cities!! e.g. Delhi Nairobi - some facts on Kibera here
NOW write the answer to the question - Discuss the planning and management issues that have arisen in areas that have undergone urbanisation in recent years. (10)