Developing a methodology for assessing livability potential: An evidence from a metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) in Kolkata, India

《Developing a methodology for assessing livability potential: An evidence from a metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) in Kolkata, India》

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关键字: Livability potential;Metropolitan urban agglomeration;Ordinal logistic regression;Methodology;Kolkata;Confirmatory factor analysis

作者单位: Indian Institute of Technology, India;Indian Institute of Technology, India

摘要: The rising pace of urbanization may lead to two different kinds of impacts i.e., i) its detrimental pressure on urban amenities and facilities and ii) associated opportunities for collective growth and development for better economic prosperities in urban areas. The coexistence of the twin but contradictory scenarios are beginning to attract researchers to search for a reconciliation and seek a complementary viewpoint of looking at development comprehensively within urban areas, especially a metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA). The research develops a methodology to assess livability potential based on Integrated Urban Geographic Factors (IUGFs). Focussing on Kolkata Urban Agglomeration (KUA), data has been obtained from 454 residents’. At the initial part of the methodology, six IUGFs has been initiated from a gamut of 34 variables based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). To complete the methodology, the research has also earmarked the utility of the Ordinal Logistic Regression (OLR) model to best understand the significance and the degree of impacts of initiated IUGFs of livability potential within KUA. The result shows that positive and favorable socio-cultural factors stand over economic factors to enhance KUA as more livable and habitable MUA.