MUMBAI

• Mumbai formerly known as Bombay is the capital of

the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city
of India.
• The region has an area of 4,355 km² and a population of
17,702,761. It is linked with Mumbai through the Mumbai
Suburban Railway system and a large network of roads.
• It is the financial center of India and a major national
commercial, transport, and manufacturing hub.
• It has a population of about twelve million.
• It’s height is hardly 10 to 15 meters above sea level.
At some places the height is just above the sea level

Britain’s efforts as a colonial

power 200 years ago were
directed at “citifying” something
that was essentially a withdrawn
little town because of its
outstanding location as a
harbour and trading centre.

Mumbai harbor, is one of the

world’s greatest natural harbors.
HISTORY OF MUMBAI

1534 - Bombay islands were captured by the Portuguese.

1661 - The islands were gifted in the dowry to Charles II of England.
1668 - Charles II gave the islands to the East Indian Company on lease.
1708 - Bombay became the H.Q. of the East India Company.
1862 - The islands were merged to shape one stretch.
1869 - Suez Canal was opened and Bombay developed as an international port.
1960 - Bombay was made the capital of Maharashtra.
1995 - The name was changed to Mumbai after the goddess 'Mum badevi'.
 LANDFORM

• PLAIN LANDS WITH GENTLE SLOPES ( THERE ARE POCKETS OF TIDAL INGREE,WHICH ARE BUNDED BY
FARMERS TO PROTECT THEIR PADDY FIELDS )

•UNDULATING TERRAIN ( THE SITE HAS A FEW AREAS WITH AN UNDULATING TERRAIN,WHICH FORMS THE
FOOTHILLS.THESE AREAS ARE WELL COVERED WITH TREES )

•HILLY AREA SWITH MODERATE SLOPE ( THERE ARE HILLOCKS WHICH RISE UP TO 30MOR SO FROM THE MAIN
SEA LEVEL.THESE HILLOCKS HAVE MODERATE SLOPES )
LANDFORM

• HILLY AREAS WITH STEEP SLOPE ( THE SITE IS BOUND BY A SET OF HILLS IN THE EAST.THESE HILLS RISING
UP TO 100 MRUN PARALLEL TO THE VAHAL VALLEYTHEY SEPRETEVAGHELI WADA FROM REST OF THE SITE )

•WETLANDS (THE WETLANDS SEPARATE THE COASTAL PLAINS FROM THE CREEKS )

MUMBAI’S PARTICULAR
TOPOGRAPHY

IT IS A LONG, NARROW PENINSULA —

MEANT THAT THE CONSTANTLY NEEDED
EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS WAS
POSSIBLE IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY,
NORTHWARDS.
 CITY PROFILE & LAYOUT

 Mumbai earlier was made of seven

islands which are today called
Colaba, Mahim, Mazgaon, Parel,
Worli, Bombay and Little Colaba (Old
Woman's Island). The seven original
islands were linked in a series of land
reclamation projects. As a result of all
projects, Mumbai is a linear city.
 It was then merged with the
surrounding islands Salcette and
Trombay to get its present land form.
 It has an east to west extend of
about 12 km. where it is broadest,
and a north - south extend of about
40 km
COMMUNICATION NETWORK
•Due to its location, restraints, its profile,
Mumbai expanded on the north –south
axis…..resulting into a linear city.
•Length of roads running east-west is less
than one tenth to that of the roads running
north-south.

4.
 The centre of Mumbai, now and then, is at
the southern end of the peninsula, where
commercial life developed and population
density and land prices are highest.
 The world focused its interest on Indian
cotton, and Bombay became the centre for
the shipment of goods. Ultra-fast growth
began, the port became the largest in India,
and rapid urban expansion created the
problem of a housing shortage and a
proliferation of emergency
accommodation.

This area lies to the south-west of Mumbai CDB and is an

expensive residential area.

Aerial view of south Mumbai, one of the costliest places of India

 The conceptual design of Navi Mumbai was Airoli
developed at the height of Modernism.
 Many of these principles of Modernism were
used in the planning of Navi Mumbai. These
were:
 Decentralization by the design of self-sufficient
Ghansoli
townships(nodes),
Kopar-Khairane
 Residential neighborhoods (sector),
Vashi
 Single-use zoning as opposed to the traditional
Sanpada
multiple-use zoning
Nerul
 The sector planning of Modernism is very similar
to the grid planning of traditional Indian cities. In
Belapur
India the square was used as the basic unit in Kharghar
the layout of traditional cities. Kalamboli
 The square had a significance in Hinduism as Jui
this perfect geometric shape was thought to be Panvel
the abode of the gods.

Dronagiri
 NAVI-MUMBAI
 -Navi Mumbai, developed as one of the
largest planned cities in the World, the Navi
Mumbai project was begun in 1970,
 Planned and developed by the City &
Industrial Development Corporation of
Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO)
• Navi Mumbai has been planned as a
counter magnet to the present city of
Mumbai.
• What started as a parallel city to Mumbai, is
developing into an independent, self-
contained metro city. In fact, Navi Mumbai
is a planned, well balanced landscaped
modern city.
• The new city is being developed as a series
of nodes (settlements), strung along an
efficient Mass Transport System in the form of
Commuter Railway Network well-connected
to Mumbai, Thane and adjoining areas.
 Industrial Woodlands

Wholesale

Port

Residential
Institutional

Trucking

Wetlands

Fishing
 The site of airport is located in
an area of 1140 hectares
accommodating two parallel
runways for independent
parallel operation with provision
of full length taxi ways on either
side of the runways.

It will support the

rapidly growing air
MUMBAI travel needs of
AIRPORT Mumbai Metropolitan
Region.

PROPOSED NAVI
MUMBAI AIRPORT
 NAVI-MUMBAI

The various stages of development:

-Kurla Karjat highway

-due to this artery, the mainland on the east opened
up and developed as the new business centre.
-industries
-residential areas
-Fresh docking facilities
-Intra city roads…a spinal road running north south.
MODES OF TRANSPORT
•ROADS
•SUBURBAN RAILWAY
•WATER
•CITY STREETS

MODES OF INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION

 The most efficient Suburban railway in India

which runs over 200 km connecting the city with
the suburbs.The Western Railway runs an
astounding number of 1007 trains daily.

 Ferry services to Uran, JNPT and Alibag.

 Trams were abandoned on 31 March, 1964.

 BEST (municipal run) buses.

 Yellow and black metered taxis & 3 wheeled

Auto rickshaws in the suburbs. Plan showing the railway lines throughout
Mumbai
 WATER
 Mumbai harbour, a broad, sheltered bay
located between the city and the
mainland, is one of the world’s greatest
natural harbours.
 The Mumbai port is India’s largest and
busiest.

People prefer to stay close to the railway station as the railways are the lifeline of
Mumbai ….this results in the formation of slums along and around the railway lines. This
has an unpleasant effect on the cityscape.
JUHU BEACH CITYSCAPE……a coarse grained uneven textured city.
MUMBAI
Juhu Beach is also
a bourgeois
paradise, filled to
the gills with
screaming
children, courting
couples and
rowdy
adolescents.
NAVI MUMBAI has been
planned as a counter
DHARAVI, magnet to the present city
Asia’s largest of Mumbai.
slum, home to
2.8 million
people.

MARINE DRIVE, a three KM

long inverted 'C' shaped
six-lane concrete road is
located in South Mumbai
along the coast. The
highlight of the Marine GATEWAY OF INDIA NARIMAN
Drive is its raised walkway is the first structure POINT-
lined with palm trees. to be seen when Mumbai's
arriving to Manhattan
The official name of Mumbai by sea. Nariman Point
Marine Drive is Netaji is situated on
Subhash Chandra Bose the southern
Marine Drive
Road. It has Nariman Point tip of Marine
is also known
on the southern end and Drive.
Chowpatty Beach on the as the
Mumbai's business district,
northern end. Queen's
Nariman Point, is located on
Necklace
land reclaimed from the
sea.
 DRAWBACK

 The region has had problems related to haphazard and illegal development as a result of rapid
urbanisation. Villages along the National Highway NH3 (Old & New) in Bhiwandi Taluka are
examples of haphazard developments in MMR, with some of the largest warehousing areas in
India. Government agencies such as the Town Planner and Collector of Thane have had
challenges in addressing unorganised development.
 New urbanized areas such as
Vashi, New Bombay, Vasai,
and Mahim Creek are being
developed to ease this
congestion and provide space
for new suburbs and industrial
parks.

Nariman Point is the hub of economic

Adjacent to the commercial sector is
and financial activity; its skyline has
Asia’s largest slum, known as
often been compared to Manhattan’s.
Dharavi.
Mumbai’s docklands comprise the
largest port in the entire subcontinent
and handle over 25 percent of India’s
international trade.
Aerial view of Suburb of Mumbai.
Location Andheri-Lokhandwalla