Vision Mumbai-CASE STUDY

Vision Mumbai-CASE STUDY

what problem is VM trying to solve

• 2003, a report called Vision Mumbai suggested investing $40B to improve Mumbai

• involved a partnership between gov, property companies and investors

• aim to complete by 2050

• tries to improve Mumbai’s worsening quality of life; increasing slum pop, traffic congestion, pollution and decreasing water quality

aims and plans of VM

• demolish slums and provide cheaper housing; build low cost homes

• improve water, sanitation and healthcare; reduce pollution

• improve road, rail and bus transport

• boost economic growth

how many low cost homes does Mumbai want to build

one million

sustainability of VM

• restore green spaces that had previously been used for dumping waste, allowing more wildlife to flourish, absorbs CO2 and removes previously polluting waste

• improves water pollution

how many green spaces in Mumbai has VM restored

325

why is VM not as sustainable as GGS

to focuses more on demolition and rebuilding which has negative environmental impacts

positive social impacts of VM

• extra public toilets being built which allows people to have better sanitation

• safer and more frequent transport; less gap between platform and train

• new trains

• piped water and sewage established

how many extra public toilets were built

300

how many new trains introduced

72

negative social impacts of VM

• homes in Dharavi being demolished, which splits apart communities that had to relocate

• people who had businesses within Dharavi lost them, removing their income

• rent in high rise apartments too high; makes people homeless but no slum to go to either

• small flats; overcrowding

how many homes were demolished in Dharavi by 2007

45,000

positive economic impacts of VM

• rent very high which benefits their owners

• built malls etc which means more spending

• encourages FDI and investment

• offices; more businesses in Mumbai

negative economic impacts of VM

• Dharavi destroyed and sold to developed for $10B due to its close proximity to the financial district

• less businesses as those in Dharavi destroyed; Mumbai doesn’t benefit from this business and money anymore

• costs a lot of money to put in place toilets, fresh water, flats etc

positive environmental impacts of VM

• helps reduce pollution in Mumbai; measures put in place in 2015

• more people taking public transport which reduces car emissions

• 325 green spaces; encourages wildlife and reduces pollution

negative environmental impacts of VM

• more transport means more emissions

• high rise buildings built; noise and air pollution produced from this

• businesses in Dharavi stopped, which includes those that recycle plastics; means less recycling and waste management, more plastic production and increased pollution

successes of VM

• helped reduce pollution

• better water supply and quality of life and housing for those in Dharavi

• homes built; transport improved

• job opportunities and investment

limitations of VM

• people in Dharavi prefer slum improvement to demolition

• split communities, worse quality of life due to rent

• believe Vision Mumbai only benefits the rich and powerful

• flats built were bad; overcrowding

• slums growing so rapidly that the building is a long way off the population size

• worse quality due to sewage