2. Spatial Distribution of Population overtime in Millers Point
In 2011, Millers Point was home to 1037 residents. Soon, the area will be demolished, people will be moved out to other suburbs and high rises will be built for some of the 30,000 workers in Barangaroo.
2. Spatial Distribution of Population overtime in Dharavi
In the 19th century, Dharavi was a mangrove swamp until poor people from Mumbai moved in with a million people living within an area of 2 square kilometres.
3. Causes of urbanisation in Australia
The reasons behind urbanisation in Australia include the standard of living, job opportunities as well as education.
Firstly, 26% of people who completed an online poll stated that the standard of living was the main reason
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Over the last 20 years, the Australian economy has picked up as a result of imported skill labour. Australia offers a wide range of safe and relatively fair job opportunities. Lastly, basic education in Australia is free and universities offer a wide range of courses to accustom for the student’s abilities and desires.
3. Causes of urbanisation in India
Some of the reasons for urbanisation in India include industrialisation, employment opportunities and modernisation.
Firstly, industrialisation has expanded the employment opportunities in India. People living in rural areas have moved to cities in search of better employment.
Secondly, employment opportunities play a big role in the cause of urbanisation in India. In the rural areas of India, people mainly depend on agriculture for their nourishment. During times of drought, these people are unable to support themselves and therefore have to migrate to cities to support themselves.
And last of all, modernisation is another cause of urbanisation as urbanised places are usually characterised to have sophisticated technology, medical services and facilities, communication and much more. Many people feel as though these these characteristics allow for a more comfortable
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Essentially, when there isn’t enough housing in a desirable neighbourhood, people who are wealthy and have large sums of money will displace those without it.
This process is currently what is occurring in Millers Point and displacing 1037 residents from the suburb just to fit wealthier people into the suburb.
4. Causes of urban change in Dharavi
Dharavi has continued to show many signs of urban change such as urban growth since it first became a slum.
One of the causes for urban change is lower land rates. The people living in the Dharavi slums were unable to afford housing in surrounding areas such as Mumbai. This crisis then forces them to move to Dharavi where they do not have to pay for housing.
Another reason for urban change in Dharavi is the rapid population growth. India’s population growth has been taking place at a very fast rate. India contains nearly one fifth of the worlds entire population. This increase in population has caused many problems for the people in Dharavi such as unemployment, pressure on infrastructure, scarcity of resources as well as inequitable income
Gentrification is defined as the process by which the wealthy or upper middle class uproot poorer individuals through the renovation and rebuilding of poor neighborhoods. Many long-term residents find themselves no longer able to afford to live in an area, where the rent and property values are increasing. Gentrification is a very controversial topic, revealing both the positive and negative aspects of the process. Some of the more desirable outcomes include reduced crime rate, increased economic activity, and the building of new infrastructures. However, it is debated whether the negatives overwhelm the positive. An increase in the number of evictions of low-income families, often racial minorities can lead to a decline of diversity
In the movie “The Real Slumdogs” the many people of Dharavi work hard to survive in their slum. There are many businesses and other ways to make a living all in this very small area. Some examples of work in this slum are sorting garbage to find plastic to recycle, making pottery, and cooking bread to sell to the masses. Dharavi has a population around one million people. This is a large amount of people who rely on Dharavi as a place to live, learn, and earn a living. The conflict theory that presented itself in this movie is that wealthy people have put a very large price on the real estate Dharavi
There is also a shift in land use at Barangaroo, as the population values the location for more than its manufacturing and production, but also for the opportunity the locality provides to support the lifestyle and economy for future generations.
In Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo tells the stories and struggles of families living in a slum adjacent to the Sahar Airport in Mumbai, India. Boo details the ways in which the residents of this slum, Annawadi, attempt to escape their poverty, but fail to do so. Despite numerous initiatives sponsored by the Central Government of India to improve the lives of the many individuals living in Annawadi, these programs are ultimately unable to do so due to deep-rooted corruption in the city of Mumbai. Regardless of this, the residents of Annawadi seem to accept corruption as a fact of life, and do little to fight it. As illustrated over the course of Boo’s narrative, this results from the fact that many Annawadians recognize the ways in which the laws of their society allow for the unfair treatment of certain groups of people, especially the poor and religious minorities, and are also cognizant of the fact that they have no real power to change a system that
One reason that urbanization was necessary for us to expand was its role-play in better education. Education is the foundation of all past and future nations and it is what makes us strong. In rural areas education was limited and it was very hard to access seeing as there was not much transportation and everything was spread out and far away. In the city when people began the transfer to urbanization they learned that schools and similar places were nearby and they were easy to access. Thus education was higher in urban areas then in rural areas. Also people could share similar ideas more and that led to research teams and new discoveries.
One of the most common problems in big cities is overpopulation. Today we are seeing
Dharavi is a calm place with no danger people aren’t selfish or dangerous “it’s virtually a place with no crime” when the communities come together people don’t cook for their family they cook for the whole community. During McCloud’s journey he encounters dharavi’s gem and it’s really full of people and every building is strong with no crime in the city “it feels more like a busting Mediterranean village. The resistance are afraid in how this is all going to go away with the development plan, McCloud interviews one lady that knows about the development plan some people want the development plan to happen some don’t if people live in 11 story sky scrapers because there won’t be any sense of community because you would be isolated from the rest of the world. Before McCloud leaves he interviews Monica’s family in how they will get a much smaller home if their house gets broken, in one way these people are happy being poor “with such little things they are all so happy. These are all presented with long shot, close ups interviews and voice
These minorities often come with families, creating a minority family. This then creates room for prosperous and wealthy families to move into the newly gentrified areas. In other words, the rich get richer, while the poor get poorer. Many also believe that “gentrification is contributing to income disparity” (Greenblatt 1). Since gentrification is creating income differences and changes, it's getting harder for low-income families to adjust to life when changes come so quickly.
A general situation of urbanization trend in developing countries and developed countries is increasing. In 18th Century only 3% of the world total population lived in urban areas but as projected in 2000 this number will increase at above 50% (UN as cited in Elliot, 1999, p. 144). According to UN (as cited in Elliot, 1999, p.144), it is figured that the total urban population in developing countries has increased from approximately 400 millions people in 1950 to approximately 2000 millions people in 2000. At the same time, total urban population in developed countries is double...
India, the second highest populated country in the world after China, with 1.27 billion people currently recorded to be living there and equates for 17.31% (India Online Pages 2014) of the world's population, but is still considered a developing country due to it’s poverty and illiteracy rates. As these nations continue to grow at rates that are too fast for resources to remain sustainable, the government’s in these areas wi...
In this section, he explained that urbanization happened in two stages. First stage cities were confined and limited to the valleys and food plains, like the Nile, the Fertile Crescent, the Indus and Hwang Ho. The second stage is the urban dominance, where cities are in full expansion, performance and influence. He concluded that population growth and technical improvement are factors of this change.
On the other hand, urbanization in the developing countries differed from the process of urbanization in the West. In the Third World, throug...
...population distribution designed to reduce the rate of rural-urban migration appears to have had limited success in many developing countries. Policies must be directed at altering the rural economy in order to slow the rate of urban sprawl. Broad land use planning and changing of planning standards and governmental procedures would go a long way to reduce many of the problems that face urban populations in the developing areas, especially Africa. Urbanization can cause a lot of problems for a city or even a country. It can cause cities to become overpopulated which are known as mega-cites, and cause problems with living arrangements and finding a job. Urbanization can also cause health problems. Urbanization is supposed to be good for developing countries on the rise but with this rapid growth in Africa, these problems can become a major concern in the future.
There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages, better housing and utilities, better school and hospital, more jobs opportunity, and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor. We know that most of rural areas people are farmers. There’,s not much else to do anymore in the village but wait for harvest time and without higher level of education, availability of media, or facilities that they need, they might be stimulated to move to urban areas.
Urbanization occurs naturally from individual and corporate efforts to cut time and cost in commuting and transportation while improving opportunities for jobs, education, housing, and transportation. Living in cities allows individuals and families to take advantage of the opportunities of proximity, diversity, and marketplace competition. People began moving into cities to seek economic opportunities.