As the world becomes more and more urbanized, the Media Studio turns its gaze towards a new theme: healthy urbanization in low resource settings. For this project, Bangalore (also known as the Silicon Valley of India due to the large number of IT companies thriving there) will be our new location.
Bangalore’s wide, tree-lined avenues filled with loud, yellow auto rickshaws welcomed us. But digging deeper, we found a city struggling with rapid urbanization and massive population growth.
To get a clearer picture of the situation, we visited some of the poorest areas of Bangalore and spoke to the people living there. We also attended a seminar on healthy urbanization, organized by WHO – Kobe Center (our partner in this project), which helped understand the challenges of building healthier communities in urban areas.
We thank WKC, WHO – India, HUP, SHINE and Mad Monitor Productions for their guidance during this mission and we look forward to their inputs in the next phase of this project.