Abstract
The present study analyses the case of urban sustainability in Mumbai in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to identify the relationship between the existing sustainability issues and the spread of the pandemic across the administrative wards of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. It also tries to delve into the reasons behind the observed relationships to establish the patterns created by the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai by the end of August 2020. The study relies on secondary sources of data, that include reports published by government agencies, news articles, journals and websites. The study comprises a large amount of quantitative data that were analyzed using ArcGIS 10.4.1 and SPSS 23. The qualitative data collected through an extensive literature review was used alongside the quantitative data to support the study. The findings reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic had a varied impact across the wards of Mumbai, which was found to be associated with the unequal socio-economic conditions that prevail across the city. This inequality has contributed to Mumbai’s reduced resilience, for building which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have to be achieved.
Highlights
The need for sustainable development in cities has been recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) formulated by the United Nations, where SDG 11 is dedicated to making cities and communities sustainable1
The highest number of containment zones was in the L ward and the highest number of sealed buildings was in the R/C ward
A slightly strong positive correlation was observed between the number of containment zones and slums population, whereas a slightly strong negative correlation was observed between the containment zones and homeless population
Summary
The need for sustainable development in cities has been recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) formulated by the United Nations, where SDG 11 is dedicated to making cities and communities sustainable. Sustainable development in the cities of the Global South would require accomplishing certain other SDGs in conjunction with Goal 11. These goals include Goal 1 (No Poverty), Goal 2 (Zero Hunger), Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and Goal 17 (Partnerships)’. With 90% of the reported cases, the urban areas across the world have emerged as ground zero of the pandemic3&4 This has not been an exception for India, where the progress of the pandemic has made it evident that the urban areas of the country are bearing the brunt of the crisis. According to Jha, «With an ever-larger shift of populations to urban areas in conjunction with a shift of a very large percentage of national economies to large urban centers, the concentration of a succession of epidemics and pandemics in cities has become stronger»5
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