Cost of Living
Population
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Water Quality
DHARAVI
The fresh water pipes in Dharavi bring in very icky and unclean disgusting water, which is very unsafe bringing them at a large risk of being infected with 3 water born diseases which are typhoid, diarrhoea and hepatitis. These diseases have large risks of either harming the victim lots or killing them.
MELBOURNE
Melbourne’s water is tested often and we are known to have one of the cleanest drinking water qualities on earth, Yarra valley has a water monitoring system, this monitoring system tests the colour, taste, possible contamination and clarity of the water, If any disease is caught it is instantly dealt with.
Mortality and birth rates
MELBOURNE
There are 35,500 deaths reported in Melbourne each year.
Victoria has the lowest birth rate in Australia.
The fertility rate is 1.76 babies per woman.
Overall, the population of Victoria’s growing strongly due to migration.
Leading cause of death is heart diseases, Dementia, Alzheimer’s and lung, trachea and bronchus cancers.
MUMBAI
The total number of births in Mumbai each year in 25,000 and is still rising today
There was a total of 87, 027 deaths in Mumbai in 2013-14.
There are multiple causes including the three main causes of death, Typhoid, Diarrhoea and hepatitis.
Industry
MELBOURNE
As of February 2015, 6.30% of Australia's locals are unemployed
- Financial Industry
- Metals and Mining Industry
- Energy and Utilities Industry
DHARAVI
85% of people in Dharavi are employed
- Petrochemicals and Energy Industry
- Medical and Research Industry
- Information Technology Industry
Recycling
MELBOURNE
In Melbourne all houses are supplied with specialised bins for general wastes, recycling wastes and green wastes and have a weekly collection. This makes it healthier, easier and a lot better for our environment decreasing the number of deaths.
DHARAVI
Dharavi is built on a rubbish tip, Dharavi is cleaned & sorted by the local residents who are only payed 1 euro daily, the rubbish is collect then recycled but although Dharavi is often cleaned in is still very unhealthy because of all the other garbage
Summary
Overall both cities are continuously growing at a very fast pace and both have the capability of being mega cities, Melbourne has some of the freshest water on planet earth and is a great place to live considering you have easy access to food water and shelter, whilst on the other hand Dharavi carries icky water that is contaminated with 3 major killing diseases and is also made upon a rubbish tip making it easy to get sick.