WORLD CITIES Delhi Case Study (Urbanisation)
Dehli's average PM₁₀ level
218 (2008), 4x the safe limit (W.H.O) and the 6th worst in India - 1/3 of Delhi's residents subsequently have at least one respiratory condition
immunisation rate
34%
Delhi IMR
40/1000 live births
# of medical colleges
5
% living in slums
50% due to a housing shortage
Delhi slum IMR
54/1000 live births
% waste dumped in Yamuna River
58% or 3,296 million litres per day 31% of Delhi slum have no access to sewer system so have no choice
young people are attracted to India's fashion capital because
60% of the design community in India resides here, offering jobs in design and manufacture
# of engineering colleges
8, also many respected universities
literacy rate
81.8% (national is 66%)
rickshaws have been made to cut carbon emissions by using
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)
20km South East of Delhi is
Noida, a new town built to alleviate pressure on Delhi
Delhi's significance
administrative, political and economic capital of India
$ spend to clean the Yamuna River
almost $500 million including repair of the sewer system
ASHA
an NGO that empowers women and improves their access to healthcare
Salaam Baalak Trust
an NGO that provides slum children with education and shelter
Delhi attracts migrants for employment because
it is an important light industrial centre- over 130,000 industrial units
pollution of the river results in
lack of safe drinking water diarrhoea and anaemia continuing 9 month stagnation of the river, spreading disease
new metro opened in
2002, to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution (underground)