What are the issues facing cities in LEDCs?

LO To investigate the issues To investigate how they are being

managed

Dharavi, Mumbai, India

• Dharavi

Key facts about Dharavi

• One of the largest slums in the world

• Pop > 800,000• Close to Mumbai’s CBD

(what’s this?) and between 2 key railway lines – potentially a v valuable site.

• It has services, jobs (e.g., pottery, textiles & other “one-room factories”) & housing.

Slumdog Millionaire

• Watch the first 25 – 30 mins of this film• What are the key features of Dharavi based

on:• Housing• Services• Infrastructure (what’s this?)

• Environment

Now it’s your turn

• http://sisgeographyigcsewiki.wikispaces.com/Dharavi+Case+Study

• Click on this link. Scroll down to the section on Dharavi – beginning with some photographs.

• Working in pairs or groups of 3 (max) complete the activity on the next slide.

• You will need to each take a section of the resources to help put the guide together – work as a team!

• Believe it or not, it is possible for visitors to Mumbai to take a tour of Dharavi. You have just got a job with the tour company. Your job is to use the photographs and other information on this page to produce a guide to Dharavi. Your guide should include the following information:

• The location of Dharavi.• Some basic facts about Dharavi (size, population,

approximate population density)• A short history of the Dharavi areaWhat life is like in Dharavi

(Homes, sanitation and other services, industry, jobs, schools, way of life)

• Why the Indian Government want to redevelop Dharavi and how they plan to do this.

• Why many of the residents of Dharavi are opposed to the redevelopment.

• What could be done to help the residents of Dharavi