1. What are the challenges for fast growing cities?

2. Last lesson
Why do urban areas decline?
Students who were here on Monday
10 minutes to prepare presentations
Students who were not here on Monday
Read pages 92 & 93
Presentations

3. What are the challenges for fast growing cities?

4. Today’s lesson
What are the challenges for fast growing cities?
Lesson goal
Prior knowledge
Mumbai brainstorming
About Mumbai
Creative writing
Homework
Goal reflection

5. Lesson goal /4/15
To understand the impact of population growth in Mumbai, including the challenges faced by the people who live there.

6. Prior knowledge
Urban areas in decline
Leads to today’s lesson
Over population in urban areas

7. MUMBAI

13. The growth of Mumbai Page 94 of textbook
Mumbai is the most populous city in India
Mumbai is the fourth most populous city in the world
Population of metropolitan area: 20.5 million
Population of metropolitan area in Melbourne: 4.25 million
Look at population growth table on page 94
The potential for business opportunity and higher standard of living has attracted millions of migrants
Population grew too quickly leading to poverty and the development of slums

14. Challenges Widespread poverty Unemployment Urban sprawl
Traffic congestion
Inadequate sanitation
Poor public health
Poor civic and education standards
Pollution
Respiratory problems
Cramped living
Long commutes
Dharavi, central Mumbai, Asia’s second largest slum, houses over 1 million people

21. Creative writing
Think of all the challenges faced by the people living in slum conditions in Mumbai, as well as the imagery you have seen.
With this information in mind, imagine you are a person living in a slum in Mumbai.
Write a diary entry about your day to day life.
Things you can include:
Describe the living conditions in the slum
How do you feel about living there?

22. Homework
Page 95 of textbook
Question 1 & 2

23. Goal reflection
Choose three words to describe life in a slum.
How would you feel if you lived in a slum?