'Mumbai for Mumbaikars' might bring bad taste to your mouth or a sense of ownership based upon your political affiliations. Whatever be your reaction it is however increasingly becoming important for us to delve deeper to try and understand the core issues lest we must reject them as pure nuisance.
From a pure theoretical perspective the urban population can be broadly divided into two sections;
- Community dwellers, who inhabits a particular place and encourage symbiotic relationship between various members of the community. They largely like to take the ownership of the place for its general well being and associated identity. Such people have high tolerance towards problems as result of scarcity of resources.
- Market dwellers, who look at an urban area as a place where market operates and they themselves form links into the demand and supply chains. Such people have high preference for quality of life.
The stated difference in their value system creates competition resulting in clashes.
What can be done about it? well .. I'm not too sure will it help if market dwellers contribute back to the community of which they are part off to avoid being tagged as parasites and community ensures that market operates in safety thus creating a conducive environment to attract better talent!!
Part of the answer also requires us to understand the larger picture and avoid such local focus. Will it not help if we have more balanced growth in .. sounds wishful.
Share your mind, who knows our ideas are heard and we do reach a resolution.. let us start from ground zero again..
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