Dharavi Slum
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India is one of the largest slums in the world. The slum covers an area of 535 acres. It is estimated to have a population of 600,000 to 1 million people. This computes to around 1,500 people per acre. (an acre is slightly less than a football field)
The Indian Government has developed a plan to demolish the slum and turn it into a more modern part of the city. Included in this plan is the relocation of "registered" families to free apartments elsewhere. There are around 51,000 registered families in Dharavi. The number of families not registered is somewhere around 100,000 more families. There is also no plans to relocate the thousands of successful businesses run out of Dharavi, which is the home to some of the cities "best leatherworkers, as well as textile and furniture factories, potteries and bakeries." The cost of this project is estimated to be in the range of $1.3 billion. This project would be very expensive and leave a very large amount of people homeless. If the Indian Government has enough money and can find housing for a large majority of the Dharavi residents, the project would be a good change for the city of Mumbai.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060619/slum.html
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