Mumbai is a burgeoning metropolis and India’s financial capital. For the purposes of the Asian Green City Index, Mumbai data is based on Greater Mumbai, which has a popula- tion of about 12.7 million and comprises both the urban and suburban areas. Mumbai’s econo- my is dominated by the services sector, particu- larly IT, although manufacturing still accounts for around one in five jobs according to city authorities. Despite generating a slightly higher GDP per capita than its other three Indian coun- terparts, at about US$2,200, the city is one of the least prosperous in the Index. Spread across a comparatively small area of 470 square kilo- metres, Mumbai also has the highest population density in the Index, at an estimated 27,100 people per square kilometre.
Mumbai ranks below average overall in the