Mumbai 's status (2010) - Can Mumbai claim the status of a global city?

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Mumbai, Mumbai' s status

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Nowadays, we notice a huge geographic extension of exchanges and increasing development concerning economic sectors. This phenomenon is called the globalization process and concerns developed and emergent countries. Even though lots of inequalities between a dominated South and a dominating North can be observed, the latter has recorded significant economic growth thanks to liberalization and foreign capital. India can be considered a new emerging country; Mumbai, also called the migrants' city, is a major Indian center. We shall attempt to answer the following question: "Can Mumbai claim the status of a global city?" In order to do so, we will show that Mumbai is a metropolis which intends to become an international hub. Subsequently, we will examine the underlying currents that dictate the life of this city.

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[...] In slums of Mumbai population has harsh conditions of life. It knows poverty, a lack of goods and food, even if sometimes it has a job. It could appear as a sort of solution against the lack of flats in Mumbai. Indeed, the population is too important: Mumbai is constituted of about 22,3 million of inhabitants. It is the highest number of people after Delhi's one. Moreover, some Indians who don't live in slums but in the heart of the city know poverty and the lack of hygiene. [...]

[...] Can Mumbai claim the status of global city? Nowadays, we can notice there are a huge geographic extension of exchanges and an increasing development concerning economic sectors. This phenomenon is called the globalisation process and concerned developed and emergent countries. Even thought, lots of inequalities between a dominated South and a Dominating North can be observed, the seconds one have a significant economic growth thanks to liberalization and foreign capitals. India can be considered as a new emerging country; Mumbai, also called the migrants'city, is a major Indian centre. [...]

[...] It is a diverse concentration flows ‘phenomenon, with material flows (goods, manufactured products ) and immaterial flows (passengers, communications There are some means of transport like trains, cars, bus, and planes which take off two airports, called The Sahar International Airport, and Santa Cruz Airport. Mumbai : A leading-edge technology and India cultural capital city In Mumbai, we can notice the increasing role of industries. The city is composed of several types of industries like “metals, chemicals, automobiles, electronics, engineering” ones. They have different branch of industry: primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. [...]

[...] We can also assume that Mumbai is one of the most important worldwide financial platforms. Indeed, in addition to that, there is a major capital flows ‘concentration, near 70% of the country's economy. In fact, the Stock Exchange is also located at Mumbai, as lots of investment financial institutions, like Reserve Bank of India”, “Central Bank” and some other “commercial banks”. Moreover, we can notice the “Life Insurance Corporation of India” which is an insurance underwriter, is located in the city. [...]

[...] It causes lots of diseases and also some deaths. Yet, as all peoples, Indians' one are entitled to know an important development as industrialized countries. Unfortunately, a too intensive raw materials' exploitation can endanger environment balance. We can deduce that development doesn't only produce well-being. What's more, in order to permit future generations to have good conditions of life, the question of lasting development is a necessity. Emerging countries, as India, have to pay attention to the way they choose to organize their growth. [...]