Methodological base of urban agglomerations and their suburban areas

Abstract

The article forms methodological approaches to the study of urban agglomerations and their suburban areas. Basis and regularities of the social and economic development of urban agglomerations and suburban zones are determined. Data on definition of the territorial structure of urban agglomerations and their suburban areas is systematized. The basic regularities and laws of environmental complex formation in the region are highlighted. Cluster analysis has been used in order to establish a territorial structure of Krasnoyarskiy region. The main directions of the complex social and economic development of urban agglomerations and suburban areas are determined. The main problems of administrative allocation in urban agglomerations are highlighted.