Mumbai

2050 Mumbai

It is the year 2050, and education has completely moved to an on-demand format. Universities in their current form have ceased to exist and will be retrofitted as makerspaces and "application-based learning" spaces. Universities will adapt to this incubator-style structure, so that students

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2050 Mumbai

2050: No work, all play

The increased prosperity of Mumbai residents has no negative impact on the environment: Factories are switching to waste-free production, green spaces are everywhere, and subsidies for buyers of electric vehicles and a tax on petrol engines keep the city from choking. The government is also investing

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2040 Mumbai

2040: Clean water, roads, skyscrapers

Having dealt with landfills, authorities took on water issues. By 2040, waste treatment plants have been equipped with graphene-based filters — now drinking water fountains are available at almost every intersection. However, this project pales against the backdrop of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial

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2030 Mumbai

2030: Poverty defeated

Having struggled with monstrous social inequality for decades, by 2030 the Indian government is beginning to reap the benefits of the social programs carried out since decolonization. Alongside GDP growth, they have led to a situation in which only a small percentage of the population remains below the

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2040 Mumbai

By 2040 the largest cities in the world will be located in Asia and Africa. Mumbai, Delhi, Kinshasa and Lagos will each be home to over 30,000,000 people. In these megacities, population density will have reached saturation point. Meanwhile, the overuse of generic antibiotics for over a century would

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