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other categories of open spaces will cover the spaces related to community as well as the spaces they use to live a daily life. And the other facility will have the study of water facilities and how they reach out to other spaces with the help of some other amenities.

2. Social factor

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The social factor will contain the study about the community and their behaviors with other people and neighborhoods. The educational facilities like schools, Anganwadi have in nearby areas and how they can approach it. the other study aspect is health centers and hospitals in surrounding areas with a bifurcation of private and government ownership.

Also, the provision and typology of open spaces and their use for cultural activities and gathering reflect the bonding within the community along with the sense of security migrants feel in the residential areas through crime and social imbalance.

3. Economic factor

In this study factor, the questions are based on the daily income of the migrants and the mode of the wages in all different occupations as mentioned. How much they are spending on the daily activities and how much they are saving and the mode of saving will cover under this factor. The house is in demand of maintenance in a required period so that this factor will cover the money allocated as the maintenance cost.

4. Institutional factor

This parameter will cover the government policies made for the migrant worker and its implication amount on the migrants by the allocated departments. And also comparing the government housing and the informal settlement through the facilities provided by the legal authorities.

Table 7 Study aspects of parameters in detail (Source: Primary data)

Parameter Sub-Parameter Study Aspects

Physical / Infrastructure Size of the house

Sanitation facility This factor will cover the anthropology of the housing and match it with the standards to understand the space size as per the function and suggest the ideal size for future policies and construction.

Hygiene is the priority which covers under this factor and major the percentage of houses having attached toilets and the public using public toilets in their daily life.

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Physical / Open space

Physical / Other facilities Duration of stay

Spatiality

Architecture of house

Condition of streets and

roads Migrants are used to shifting, so in this element, a researcher will study the period of staying in one place and changing house and the reasons for these actions because

consistency is a major to measure the quality of life.

This works in a way that relates to space and the position, area, and size of things within the houses and surroundings.

This factor will consider the material and

durability of the house and narrate the temporary and permanent material list.

This part will work in a favor of communitybased facilities. Studying the condition of streets and roads have a major impact on the health of the residents.

Community gathering

space To achieve a quality life, living within the community is a must and the space for gathering is necessary to have a bigger discussion. This [art will map the spaces where all people can meet and exchange ideas and celebrate festivals.

Space for children

Drinking water resources This component will decode the spaces allocated for the children to play because it covers a major percentage of the open space study criteria.

Clean drinking water is the top priority for living and by measuring this factor, the findings will help to provide resources for needful migrant workers.

Wastewater management This sub-parameter will cover the drainage and rainwater outlet system provided and study the

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Social Sense of space cleaning

Access to public transportation

Education facility material durability and the requirement as per the population.

This part will cover the behavior of the people towards the cleaning their house and surrounding and check the outlet for the hard waste as well as provisions of dustbins.

This factor will study the distance between the housing and city bus station, rikshaw stops, and other facilities which narrate the maximum

medium used by the migrants.

This part of the parameter will calculate the number of private and government schools, and Anganwadi provisions in the nearby area of the settlement. This will give the platform to measure the quality of life of the migrant workers and elevate it.

Healthcare facility

Sense of

safety/security/belonging

Cultural identity This factor will consider the private and government hospitals and clinics numbers and compare it with the population to understand the accuracy of the facility.

This point will detail out the crime and threats rates of the area and also within the different

communities to narrate the safety rate of the space and for the community.

This will detail out the things done by migrants to keep their culture alive in the host city through festivals, architecture, painting, or any other medium.

Level of open space and its use This point will detail out the space occupied by the society, community, and households for different purposes.

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