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Mumbai:
Location of Mumbai / India:
Mumbai is located in the Maharashtra State in East India. It is in the continent of Asia
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Mumbai: Location of Mumbai / India: Mumbai is located in the Maharashtra State in East India. It is in the continent of Asia and is one of the biggest cities in India. It is a mega city; this means that it has over 10,000,000 people living there at a time. India is a NEE (Newly Emerging Economy). Avda KUWAIT RABIA JA Ahsa MEN BAHRAIN Persian Gulf Estahin Shiran QATAR Abu Dhabi ● IRAN ● ● U.A.E Gulf of Oman Muscat unnections amic My aces More OMAN AFGHANISTAN Kab Peshawar PAKISTAN Amritsar Gujranwala Faisalabad Lahore Ludhiana PUNA "Chandigarh Multan Meerut Ahmadabad Rajkot Surat Nauk Mumba New Delhi Jaipur *Vadodara Bhopal Indore INDIA Coimbatore Kanpur Prayagraj Lakshadweep TELANGANA Hyderabad Bengaluru Kochi Trivandrum. Nagpur Raipur ANCHA MADES Lucknow Madurai Varanasi Vijayawada Chennai Vishakhapatnam Puducherry Ban SRI LANKA Sri Jayawardenepura Dhanbad BANGLADESH Ranch Ass} Jamshedpur Kolkata Bhubaneshwar BHUTAN Bay of Beng Generates 6% of India's GDP 10% of the country's factory employment 60% of India's sea trade goes through the port. Home of Bollywood International Importance: MYANMAR Regional Importance: • Majority of the best schools in Maharashtra State. Majority of the best hospitals in the Maharashtra State. National Importance: Andaman Se SICHUAN YUNNAN Chiang Rai Murang Loel District Ya Kamphaeng Phet Chengdu LAOS Kunming Prachuap Khiri Khan THAILAND Suphan Bur Vientiane Shaket Kanchanaburi Chachoengsao Padang Guf Surat Thani of Thailand Chongqing Bangkok Chanthabur CAMBODIA Phnom Penh MALAYSIA SHAAN Gulyang GUIZHOU HUNAN Haiphong XeRoad GUANG ZHUANG SINGAPORE South China Sea India Nanning Mueang Sakon Nakhon District HỌ CHỈ ẢNH CHUY Haikou O VIETNAM Feedback 2018 HERE Is a global transport hub due to port and airport, connect it to other major world cities. Asian HQ of many companies (e.g. Disney or Volkswagen) Proof of its Growth: In 1971, the population of Mumbai was 8 million. By 2016, the population of Mumbai was 21 million. This is because in 1971 India was only 49 years old whereas in 2016 it was 66 years...

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old. The average births per women is 2.5 Rural - Urban Migration reasons Push: Pull: Machinery used on farms - unemployment ● Access to better health care Access to better education ● More employment possibilities for people Perception of better living conditions 1 person migrates to Mumbai every minute ● Urban Growth: Challenges of Urban Growth Possibly having to live in the slums or on the streets Lack of sanitation and water Many people are illiterate which makes them struggle to get out Not always got electricity Need to deal with infrastructure 12-seater open pits - toilets Access to toilets restricted Rubbish is everywhere Water is rationed - couple of hours a day Wooden buildings easily can set on fire 21 people in a house approx. 5 people per room Asbestos in the ceilings - Asbestos causes cancer Opportunities of Urban Growth Helping the growing economy Better food in urban areas for money Better education to get them out of the squatter settlements They get meals for jobs e.g. people cleaning the streets and Mahila women make food for the street children who work Women support groups - arguing cases Community projects like water from Mahila women New people welcomed into transit camps Job opportunities inside of slums Easy to trade if you know who to go to Over 15,000 factories Young work force - people of ages 12 and 14 working 85% of people have jobs Businesses are not recognised Industry is illegal in squatter settlements Sleeping, living and working in factories Poor working conditions Strong community bonds Good bread making - better quality than Britain