'Slumming It' - The Documentary
‘Slumming It’ is a British Documentary filmed in 2010 by Kevin McCloud. McCloud vowed to spend 2 weeks in the worlds largest slum, Dharavi, Mumbai, India which houses over a million people in a square mile. The citizens of this city have little access to clean water and food which increases their chance of contracting diseases such as Diphtheria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis. These people would share a miniature house with 20 other people as well as rats. Statistics also say that there is one toilet for every 500 people. Also, these citizens would fish for plastic or anything that can be recycled, just to earn a pound. However, with the lack of hygiene and money this city has a very strong sense of community.
What are Diphtheria, Typhoid & Tuberculosis?
Diphtheria is described as an upper respiratory illness and characterised by a low fever, sore throat and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity which can block the air way.
An infectious bacterial fever sever intestine irritation and red spots on the chest and abdomen is described as Typhoid or Typhoid Fever.
Tuberculosis is characterised as an infectious bacterial disease with the growth of tubercles on tissues, especially the lungs.
What is the problem with rats being not contained in urban areas? (consider the Black Death in Europe in 1346-49).
Rats carry multiple disease that could harm humans and could eventually result in death. For example, in 1346-49 in Europe, the Black Plague was carried by rats which killed millions of people during that era.
Dhobi Ghat - What are they? (Communal Washing Houses).
Dhobi Ghat are communal washing houses where the people of Dharavi go to wash their clothes in water that travels down from the sewer.
Religion appears to play an important part in the life of the city. What is the major religion and is their a rise of Islam?
The major religion of Dharavi is Islam. Often the streets would be truned into Mosques where the men would pray. As %18.56 of the population of Mumbai is Muslim, there has not been any rise in Islam.
500 people per toilet - what is the problem with that? (exponential nature of the situation if a toilet breaks) 1-500 becomes 1-1000.
This increases the risk of lack of hygiene and disease such as Diphtheria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis.
Part One:
Part Two:
In 2015 how come we do not recycle everything?
Like any other business, recycling is driven by supply and demand and it comes down to the manufactures willing to pay. What drives this demand is the customers demand for the end product. Therefore, for something to be recycled, it needs to have a market to be sold to.
What are Rag pickers? I think you will be surprised how old this term is… Poverty has been around for a long period of time and do you think we will ever over come it… 56% of the world’s population live on less than $1 per day…
Rag pickers are people that rummage through the scraps in the street top collect material for salvage. These are then sold to recycling companies for 1 pound, where scraps of cloth and paper would be recycled into cardboard and glass and plastic would be melted and reused.
100 Rupee = 1 Pound Sterling = $Au?
1 pound sterling = $1.55 Au.
What happens to hospital waste in Australia?
In Australia, from the 42,000 tonnes of solid waste a year, of that 8,600 tonnes is recycled, and 4,300 tonnes is considered general waste. The cost of this is around $17 million.
What do you think of the comment ‘Destroy everything to remake it’?
This comment means for something to be remade, it first needs to be destroyed. For example, for glass to be reused, it first needs to be melted.
LINK:
PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im0tHRs9Bng
PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yjpvzGKZQ
‘Slumming It’ is a British Documentary filmed in 2010 by Kevin McCloud. McCloud vowed to spend 2 weeks in the worlds largest slum, Dharavi, Mumbai, India which houses over a million people in a square mile. The citizens of this city have little access to clean water and food which increases their chance of contracting diseases such as Diphtheria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis. These people would share a miniature house with 20 other people as well as rats. Statistics also say that there is one toilet for every 500 people. Also, these citizens would fish for plastic or anything that can be recycled, just to earn a pound. However, with the lack of hygiene and money this city has a very strong sense of community.
What are Diphtheria, Typhoid & Tuberculosis?
Diphtheria is described as an upper respiratory illness and characterised by a low fever, sore throat and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity which can block the air way.
An infectious bacterial fever sever intestine irritation and red spots on the chest and abdomen is described as Typhoid or Typhoid Fever.
Tuberculosis is characterised as an infectious bacterial disease with the growth of tubercles on tissues, especially the lungs.
What is the problem with rats being not contained in urban areas? (consider the Black Death in Europe in 1346-49).
Rats carry multiple disease that could harm humans and could eventually result in death. For example, in 1346-49 in Europe, the Black Plague was carried by rats which killed millions of people during that era.
Dhobi Ghat - What are they? (Communal Washing Houses).
Dhobi Ghat are communal washing houses where the people of Dharavi go to wash their clothes in water that travels down from the sewer.
Religion appears to play an important part in the life of the city. What is the major religion and is their a rise of Islam?
The major religion of Dharavi is Islam. Often the streets would be truned into Mosques where the men would pray. As %18.56 of the population of Mumbai is Muslim, there has not been any rise in Islam.
500 people per toilet - what is the problem with that? (exponential nature of the situation if a toilet breaks) 1-500 becomes 1-1000.
This increases the risk of lack of hygiene and disease such as Diphtheria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis.
Part One:
- Why did you think that the report made an accusation of hypocrisy about the Prince of Wales?
- Do you think it is right or wrong to make such comparisons between the Developed Countries and Developing Countries?
- What is the problem with rats being not contained in urban areas? (consider the Black Death in Europe in 1346-49).
- The city of Dharavi is built upon a rubbish tip. TV is their entertainment - how do they get electricity here?
- Interesting that the mother of the place where the reporter was staying was incredibly house proud.
- Religion appears to play an important part in the life of the city. What is the major religion and is their a rise of Islam?
- 500 people per toilet - what is the problem with that? (exponential nature of the situation if a toilet breaks) 1-500 becomes 1-1000.
- What are Diphtheria, Typhoid & Tuberculosis?
- Dhobi Ghat - What are they? (Communal Washing Houses).
- Did you notice the happy disposition of the people of Dharavi? Why?
- What was the role of the elders in the city?
- Space is King - Ingenious ways to work with limited space. Is the key to making space 'flexibility’? What other things need to be considered?
- 21 people living in one house - how would you cope?
- Have any of your seen the movie Slumdog Millionaire?
- When the reporter suggested that he wanted to help - do you think that was ‘patronising?’
- What do you think they meant by Quality of Architecture?
- When someone goes in Dharavi who is ‘non-local’, why do you think there is distrust?
- Would you buy something that was made in Dharavi? Why/Why Not?
Part Two:
- Recycling is the biggest industry in India.
- In Dharavi they recycle 80% of all of the rubbish,
- In Mumbai there is a population of 16 million people - Over half of them living in slums.
- What the world ‘experts' are suggesting is that Dharavi should be used as an example to the rest of the world about how to have a sustainable future.
- In 2015 how come we do not recycle everything?
- Do you have a recycling plan at home.
- What are Ragpickers? Look up the term on wikipedia - I think you will be surprised how old this term is… Poverty has been around for a long period of time and do you think we will ever over come it… 56% of the world’s population live on less than $1 per day…
- 100 Rupee = 1 Pound Sterling = $Au?
- What happens to hospital waste in Australia?
- What do you think of the comment ‘Destroy everything to remake it’?
In 2015 how come we do not recycle everything?
Like any other business, recycling is driven by supply and demand and it comes down to the manufactures willing to pay. What drives this demand is the customers demand for the end product. Therefore, for something to be recycled, it needs to have a market to be sold to.
What are Rag pickers? I think you will be surprised how old this term is… Poverty has been around for a long period of time and do you think we will ever over come it… 56% of the world’s population live on less than $1 per day…
Rag pickers are people that rummage through the scraps in the street top collect material for salvage. These are then sold to recycling companies for 1 pound, where scraps of cloth and paper would be recycled into cardboard and glass and plastic would be melted and reused.
100 Rupee = 1 Pound Sterling = $Au?
1 pound sterling = $1.55 Au.
What happens to hospital waste in Australia?
In Australia, from the 42,000 tonnes of solid waste a year, of that 8,600 tonnes is recycled, and 4,300 tonnes is considered general waste. The cost of this is around $17 million.
What do you think of the comment ‘Destroy everything to remake it’?
This comment means for something to be remade, it first needs to be destroyed. For example, for glass to be reused, it first needs to be melted.
LINK:
PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im0tHRs9Bng
PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yjpvzGKZQ
MELBOURNE VS. MUMBAI
Water quality: Melbourne
http://www.melbournewater.com.au/waterdata/drinkingwaterqualitydata/Pages/drinking-water-quality.aspx
Has some of the highest quality drinking water in the world.
Tested regularly to meet strict requirements.
Treated for water born disease.
Requirements (Safe Drinking Water Act 2003 and Safe Drinking Water Regulations 2005) are set by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 2011, are developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Use Independently certified systems (ISO 9001 and HACCP: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) for managing quality.
Reported to Department of Health each year.
Source of water changes at different times in the year, depending on how the water is moved around.
Each year 50,000 samples are tested from over 160 different sites including: storage reservoirs, service reservoirs, aqueducts, transfer mains and points of supply to our retail water customers.
Each sample is tested for turbidity, mineral content and other natural substances (iron and manganese), colour, pH, bacteria and chlorine and fluoride levels.
Makes sure there is no contaminates like fuel or pesticides in the water.
Water quality: Dharavi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Quality-of-Mumbais-water-supply-falls alarmingly/articleshow/19607105.cms
Water from BMC supply chain has grown dirtier.
From the tens of thousands of water samples tested in 2012-2013, 19% were found unsafe for consumption.
In 2012-13, the officials collected 60,726 random samples and nearly 11,700 of those were contaminated. Of those samples 1,474 were found to have the deadly bacteria E.coli.
Found in the water was sand particles, sewage water, E.coli bacteria and foreign particles.
Doctors say that E.coli bacteria can cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhoea and vomiting.
Water testing process for quality control is flawed.
Melbourne Mortality and Birth Rates:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/3303.0/
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 Mortality and Birth Rates:
http://www.academia.edu/7699694/Report_on_State_of_Health_of_Mumbai_July_2014_
The total number of births in Mumbai each year in 25,000. However, it stood at 203,695 in the year of 2000.
There was a total of 87, 027 deaths in Mumbai in 2013-14.
There are multiple causes including Malaria, Dengue, Tuberculosis, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Typhoid, Diabetes, Hyper tension and HIV/AIDS.
http://www.melbournewater.com.au/waterdata/drinkingwaterqualitydata/Pages/drinking-water-quality.aspx
Has some of the highest quality drinking water in the world.
Tested regularly to meet strict requirements.
Treated for water born disease.
Requirements (Safe Drinking Water Act 2003 and Safe Drinking Water Regulations 2005) are set by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 2011, are developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Use Independently certified systems (ISO 9001 and HACCP: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) for managing quality.
Reported to Department of Health each year.
Source of water changes at different times in the year, depending on how the water is moved around.
Each year 50,000 samples are tested from over 160 different sites including: storage reservoirs, service reservoirs, aqueducts, transfer mains and points of supply to our retail water customers.
Each sample is tested for turbidity, mineral content and other natural substances (iron and manganese), colour, pH, bacteria and chlorine and fluoride levels.
Makes sure there is no contaminates like fuel or pesticides in the water.
Water quality: Dharavi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Quality-of-Mumbais-water-supply-falls alarmingly/articleshow/19607105.cms
Water from BMC supply chain has grown dirtier.
From the tens of thousands of water samples tested in 2012-2013, 19% were found unsafe for consumption.
In 2012-13, the officials collected 60,726 random samples and nearly 11,700 of those were contaminated. Of those samples 1,474 were found to have the deadly bacteria E.coli.
Found in the water was sand particles, sewage water, E.coli bacteria and foreign particles.
Doctors say that E.coli bacteria can cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhoea and vomiting.
Water testing process for quality control is flawed.
Melbourne Mortality and Birth Rates:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/3303.0/
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 Mortality and Birth Rates:
http://www.academia.edu/7699694/Report_on_State_of_Health_of_Mumbai_July_2014_
The total number of births in Mumbai each year in 25,000. However, it stood at 203,695 in the year of 2000.
There was a total of 87, 027 deaths in Mumbai in 2013-14.
There are multiple causes including Malaria, Dengue, Tuberculosis, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Typhoid, Diabetes, Hyper tension and HIV/AIDS.