Mumbai Script History of Mumbai To understand the urban developments that have occurred within Mumbai we must first look briefly at the history of the City. Mumbai was originally made up of just a small amount of fishing villages. This was until 1662 when it colonised by the British as part of their expansion of the empire. As a result of this‚ Mumbai became a port used by Europeans due to it being the closest proximity to the subcontinent. This increase in activity led to a subsequent jump in the
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World Report Questions 1. The controversy is that an oil spill in Mumbai‚ India is very hazardous to the fishermen. 2. The leakage started around the coast of Uran‚ very close to Mumbai on Sunday night‚ and ended about 3-4 hours later. The oil spill resulted from a pipeline burst when power failed inside the OCNG’s Uran plant. 3. It’s nothing new to the fisherman because they went through a similar issue. In 2010‚ the M.S.C. Chitra (sheet-ra) and MV Khalijia (Ka-lee-hia) spilled more than 800
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October 2‚ 2012 Pro Urbanization “Urbanization is an index of transformation from traditional rural economies to modern industrial one. It is a long term process” (Datta 1). Urbanization is an ongoing process that affects the entire world. The advantages of urbanization outweigh the disadvantages significantly. Some of the good effects include discovery of more innovative and efficient ways of producing merchandise and an increase in technology‚ which in turn broadens job opportunities. It
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Urbanization Essay Urbanization is it good or bad? In order to go forward‚ urbanization is a necessary evil. It is the transition from rural areas to a more urban place. There are some losses in property‚ but it is a necessary thing to do to improve the community. Urbanization helps the world to be more sufficient. It can help bring up the economy‚ spread cultures and ideas‚ and it is more convenient. In Nectar in a Sieve‚ the property Rukmani and Nathan’s house was bought out by the tannery
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metro cities like Mumbai. The standard of living in rural areas as well as urban areas has been ever-increasing which will further raise the strain and pressures on human mind. People are traveling far away places for their job which forbids them to have their daily food at home. A packed lunch will always be a better alternative than junk food grabbed from a fast food outlet. So people prefer a ‘Dabba’ which has become a necessity in Metro Cities. Why Tiffin Box Suppliers ? Mumbai is a densely populated
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SLUM REHABILITATION IN MUMBAI. Ms. Purva Dewoolkar. K.R.V.I.A M Arch 1st year Urban Designing Prof. Manoj Parmar; Prof. Vikas Dilawari Seminar 31 October 2011 SLUM REHABILITATION IN MUMBAI. Contents 1. Abstract................................................................................................................................3 2. Methodology.........................................................
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Mumbai‚ the city that epitomizes safety in India has its women currently tangled in the web of sexual assaults. This city has been the residence of heinous crimes of late. The cop is no more a cop. He is the ‘rapist.’ Who are we to trust then? Are we Mumbai-ites really safe? There are no perfect answers to these questions but if you look around you will realize that Mumbai is safe for women in comparison with the other places of India. These crimes are not simply over-looked here nor are they
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The Industrial Revolution and the process of urbanization that came with it greatly impacted the life of Americans. The switch from a primarily agrarian society to an industrial society played devastation for the average American‚ all the while empowering the wealthy. Many technological advances were made during this time‚ and the main factor leading to the American Industrial Revolution and urbanization was the expansion of the railway system. In 1869‚ the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union
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The Urbanization of the Human Population Urbanization is the concentration of people in towns and cities‚ this marks a fundamental step in mans social evolution. Cities first appeared some 5‚500 years ago they were both small and overcrowded. Today the biggest cities in the world accommodate most people due to urban agglomeration (e.g. 7% of the American nations land accommodated 70% of the nation in 1960). This saw a high degree of social complexity and interactment as never imagined before
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Population distribution: Urbanization and Urban growth An urban area is defined as a town or city plus its adjacent suburban fringes with a population of between10‚000-50‚000. A rural area usually is defined as an area with a population of less than 2‚500 people. Urbanization is the process in which people increasingly move from rural areas to densely populated cities; also involves the transformation of rural areas into urban areas. A country’s degree of urbanization is the percentage of its population
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