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Formative Assessment: Google Earth
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Assignment
Mumbai ranks # 5 on the World Bank List A (overall cost – Average Annual Loss) and # 7 on list B (Loss as a % of city's GDP). Mumbai is a large, low-lying coastal city on the west coast of India. It is experiencing rapid population growth due to the trend of urbanization taking place in India and other Asian countries. Its population is now more than 13 million and growing rapidly. It is a highly industrialized city and responsible for much of India's productive wealth (GDP), in spite of its reputation as the home to millions of extremely poor people living with little or no modern infrastructure. In order to gain an understanding of Mumbai's vulnerability ranking, it is important to learn about its unique geography – see profile below and link to the detailed Mumbai City Report.
Google Earth: Fly to Mumbai by clicking on the city's name in the Google earth My Places pane to the left of the screen.
Zoom out to an eye altitude of 75 mi in order to get an overview of Mumbai's location. Then zoom to 10,000 ft eye altitude in order to explore the elevations within the city. Complete the charts on the Record Your Findings page below as you did for the other cities.
