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.

城市化进程的加快可能导致两种不同的影响，即，i）其对城市设施和设施的不利压力，以及ii）集体增长和发展的相关机会，以促进城市地区的经济繁荣。孪生但矛盾的场景的共存开始吸引研究人员寻求和解，并寻求一种互补的观点来全面看待城市区域内的发展，特别是大都市城市群（MUA）。该研究开发了一种基于综合城市地理因素（IUGF）评估宜居潜力的方法。重点关注加尔各答城市群（KUA），获得了454位居民的数据。在方法的最初部分，根据确认性因子分析（CFA），已从34个变量的范围中启动了六个IUGF。为了完善该方法，该研究还指定了有序逻辑回归（OLR）模型的用途，以最好地了解KUA内宜居潜力引发的IUGF的意义和影响程度。结果表明，积极和有利的社会文化因素取代了经济因素，从而增强了KUA作为更宜居和宜居的MUA。