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Mumbai
Anne Logie
Population Growth and % Squatters
Growth of Mumbai
With almost 23 million residents, Mumbai, India, is the second largest city in the world
(only Tokyo, Japan, is larger than Mumbai). Rapid population growth in Mumbai is
evident in this image from the International Space Station that shows several regions
of the city with active land reclamation activities on its coasts, bays and hinterlands.
Mumbai exemplifies the global urban growth and sprawl seen in recent years as
human populations throughout the world continue to migrate to cities.
New urbanized areas
such as Vashi, New
Bombay, Vasai, and
Mahim Creek are being
developed to ease this
congestion and provide
space for new suburbs
and industrial parks.
Adjacent to the commercial sector
is Asia’s largest slum, known as
Dharavi.
Nariman Point is the hub of
economic and financial activity;
its skyline has often been
compared to Manhattan’s.
Mumbai’s docklands comprise
the largest port in the entire
subcontinent and handle over
25 percent of India’s
international trade.
Simplified representation of Mumbai's land use zones
slums
Suburbs
In 1971, more than three-fourths of the population in MMR lived in Greater
Mumbai (Island city and Suburbs). In 1991, the share of population in this
region had come down to 69 per cent, which is expected to decline further to
58 per cent by 2011. On the other hand, Thane, Kalyan, Uran, Bhiwandi, and
Bassain are growing fast
Job Location
Main Rail Lines
Local train at a station on the
Western Line, Mumbai
Aerial view of Suburb of Mumbai.
Location Andheri-Lokhandwalla
Mahavir
Nagar
Mira-Bhayandar
Western Indian City Mumbai. Full of Sky Scrapers.
Inside Hypercity, at Inorbit Mall in the outer
western suburb of Malad, Mumbai.
Aerial view
of south
Mumbai,
one of the
costliest
places of
India
Construction in
Malabar Hill
This area lies to the
south-west of Mumbai
CDB and is an
expensive residential
area.
Sunset on Chowpatty beach shot from Malabar Hill, The
place to live in Mumbai. Marine Drive stretches out to the
left along the coast. The apartments along Marine Dr start
around $500k.