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Mumbai

  • Mega-city
  • Slum
  • Proposed solution

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Economic Processes

Mumbai

FUN FACT: In 1947, Mumbai's population was barely four million

Slums and

Mega-cities

  • Being a mega-city requires the right economic policies
  • It is a common misconception that mega-cities are economic leaders
  • Issues in the Global South

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Social Processes

The biggest issue

FUN FACT: In the 1800s, about 5% of the population lived in cities. As of last year, it was about 55%

  • Every mega-city contains a wide spectrum of people, skills, and interaction
  • grow faster than the infrastructure
  • j
  • ecological overload, insufficient housing, and extreme cases of poverty

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MEGA-CITIES

1. How many people do you think live in the world's biggest slum?

2. In the Global South, do you think slums or mega-cities are growing more rapidly?

3. What could be a cause of the development of slums (more specific than "rapid urbanization")?

  • Because of their large size and number of people, mega-cities have distinct social, and economic processes

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MEGA-CITIES

  • A metropolitan area with a total population of at least 10 million people

FUN FACT: According to research done

earlier this year, there are 36

mega-cities in existence!

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SLUMS

FUN FACT: The largest slum in the world, Nezo-Chal-Itza, off of Mexico City, has around four million residents

Organizations

  • an urban area where there is a concentration of poor housing, over-crowding, poor facilities, and hazardous environments

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SLUMS

  • Formed from a government's inability to support rapid urbanization

FUN FACT: In parts of the Global South, an increase of 1% in the urban population will result in an increase of 1.84% in slum populations.

Comprehension Questions

  • Shack/Slum Dwellers International
  • TeachtoLearn, Slum Aid, R.E.All

1. Why/how are slums formed?

2. What could be a good solution to stopping the development of slums?

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