Introduction


Google Earth 2015
Google Earth 2015

 


The is a virtual walk through the Global MegaCity of Mumbai, India. This walk includes the Vernacular and Transnational architecture of this highly dense city that incorporates the distinctions of the Bombay (now called Mumbai) that is old the past and the Global implant building that is Transnational. We will look at Mumbai's skyscrapers, though they are small in size than many other global cities, they make an great impression set along side the slum shanties of this vast sprawl of human population of Mumbai. I will discuss the Dreamworlds, malls and other communities that make up certain areas of Mumbai. This city has been struck by changes that have affected it's population in a huge incline since the 1970's. The most poignant feature of Mumbai is it's slums. This is the city that has been romanticized and given a more distinct face as seen in the famous Bollywood movies.  This walk also compares with other journeys I have taken inside my own city, Phoenix, to explode as a local spectator, or Flenuer, a walk with modern landscapes of malls and swap meets and master planned communities

 

Maharashtra is a state in Western India and is the nation's and also the world's second-most populous sub-national entity. It has over 110 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million. Mumbai is also the financial capital of the nation and the headquarters of all major banks, financial institutions and insurance companies in the country. India's film industry of Bollywood and Marathi films and television industry are also located in this state. Maharashtra's business opportunities along with its potential to offer a higher standard of living attract migrants from all over India.

 

Current Population of Mumbai in 2015 12,772,094 (1.27 million)

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MUMBAIPhoto Flickr Creative Commons PhotoShare

Why Did Bombay Become Mumbai?

How the city got renamed.

Shiv Sena's leadership pushed for the name change for many years prior to 1995. They argued that "Bombay" was a corrupted English version of "Mumbai" and an unwanted legacy of British colonial rule. Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray once installed a marble plaque with the name on the Gateway of India, a famous sandstone arch. The national government objected to the renaming, though, fearing that Bombay would lose its identity internationally

(Beam, Christopher. "Why Did Bombay Become Mumbai?" The Slate. N.p., 1 Dec. 2008. Web. 07 May 2015.)