It is 1230pm on 10th June 2012.
And I want to continue with expanding my lateral thoughts for the monsoon season.
Has there been any structured analysis done on how an urban economy such as Mumbai performs during the monsoon seasons? What are the known losses to the city’s economy during 3 months of rains, which sectors suffer the most losses and why? What are the economic gains that the city benefits because of the rains, which economic sectors benefit and why? Are there some economic activities that need to be timed for the rainy seasons for maximising returns, if so what are these? What would happen if we selectively close some economic sectors during the monsoon season or reengineer the resources in these sectors to deliver different outputs during these 3 months? In short can we think of a morphological change to Mumbai’s economic profile for the monsoons and get a net positive benefit? If yes, what should this change look like and how can we implement such a change with minimum disruptions to human existence?
What do you think? I hope you are having a great weekend.
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