reality – a city landscape dominated by massive‚ sprawling slums – some of the biggest in the world. According to the city housing authority‚ eight million out of the twelve million people in Mumbai live in the slums. And Mumbai is not alone. Slums are a global problem. They are home to one billion people – one in six of the world’s population. UN-Habitat predicts that by 2030‚ one in every three people in the world could be living in a slum. Mumbai is expensive‚ and even the middle classes have
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A shanty in Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai costs Rs10 million Dubai developer had set up a JV in 2007 to bid for redevelopment of Dharavi By * Parag Deulgaonkar Published Thursday‚ July 11‚ 2013 A 450-square feet shanty in Dharavi‚ Mumbai‚ one of Asia’s largest slums‚ has been put for sale for Rs10 million (Dh625‚000) or Rs22‚222 per square feet. The property has been listed on magicbricks.com with the real estate agent revealing that the shanty is furnished and has a toilet. However
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In 2008‚ the world experienced one of the greatest numbers of deaths from natural disasters. Some of the contributing factors included extreme weather brought about by climate change‚ as well as urbanization in vulnerable areas. The urbanisation phenomenon is a feature that is being shared by all cultures across all continents on the globe‚ it not so much a result of higher birth rates in urban areas as it is of the continuous migration of people across regions as they are lured into urban areas
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What are the social impacts of Squatter Settlements? Squatting is an issue that has been plaguing Jamaica for years and with the necessary law and procedures implemented‚ we have grown to seeing this issue steering back at us. Taylor (2012) claimed that squatter settlements encourage theft of public service and nonstandard behaviour‚ which is evident of the numerous thefts of electricity and water supply in these squatting areas. In addition to that it was also argued that these squatter settlements
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The Man Who Loved Flowers By Stephen King Summary: 150 The story takes place in New York City‚ during an early evening in May of 1963. We follow a young man who looks like he is in love; he is walking through 3rd Avenue. The people around him seem to respond to his outbound feelings. The young man is buying flowers for a girl named Norma‚ who he is going over to meet. A radio in the background is broadcasting bad news but no one seems to really care. He continues on up the street and meets
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trashes. Actually‚ garbage or “basura” is from them. That’s why they throw it; because it’s dirty. It makes their place unlikable‚ unpleasant and displeasing. But‚ it doesn’t mean that society is just composed of this kind of living. There are also slums. They benefit from these. They hunt for materials that can be recycled and be produced for another purpose. This would help them survive‚ because with the materials they have‚ they can sell it to junk shops and recycling shops. From these shops‚ they
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The real slums Mads Rosenberg Slums can be found on almost every continent of the world‚ but they often occur in the poorest countries of the world. A slum is a part of a city‚ which is run-down‚ and without any kinds of humane facilities. Slum buildings may vary from simple shacks to well-maintained structures‚ but what’s in common of the entire world’s slum is that they are crowded and the buildings are very closely established. The biggest slum is the slum in Mumbai where some scenes
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one of the strongest points of Slumdog Millionaire is its ability to capture the essence and feeling of the slums in a way that makes the viewer think. The movie accomplishes this by taking a somewhat atypical approach to the slums. By forcing the ever-present poverty and filth to take the backseat it somewhat flips the script and instead focuses on the vibrance life and energy of the slums. There are three scenes that best highlight this idea with the first being when the Jamal and the other children
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Urbanisation and Growing Slums: Challenges for Administration Ankita Singh M.Phil Scholar‚ Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy. Banaras Hindu University. India is passing through a phase of rapid urbanization‚ which has been ushered by general development‚ industrialization and the huge influx of population from rural to urban areas in search of better economic opportunities. What would precisely be considered as urban development is achieving balanced growth
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preconceived ideas of what someone is like that led to the persons behaving in ways that match the stereotype. “Slum dogs” or slum dwellers never wanted to end up the way they did. Immediately after someone is born racism starts to be taught. Almost always if someone is put down they start to believe themselves that they are not good enough and inferior to someone else. Most of the slum dwellers in this documentary don’t have a stable family to rely on‚ or people with enough confidence to tell their
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