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Siberian urban agglomerations: preconditions to their shaping and barriers to their development
We present the arguments for an urban agglomeration concept where urban agglomeration is considered as a complex and naturally shaped socio-economic system. The preconditions of shaping such agglomerations are identified as well as the criteria for their assessment. The conditions which enhance or hinder agglomeration processes are also described. On the base of the expert polling, we compare the opinions about positive and negative effects expected from agglomeration process. As an example, we show the negative impacts of the agglomeration which may take place due to attempts «from the top», i.e. those making by the Siberian regional authorities. We come to the conclusion that a natural course of any agglomeration process through inter-municipal cooperation would be more advisable.
Goriachenko Е. E. egor@ieie.nsc.ru
Mosienko N. L. nmosienko@ngs.ru
Keywords: urban conglomeration urban agglomeration preconditions for shaping development conditions assessment of possible consequences agglomeration effect
Urban conglomeration as an object of sociological research
The paper shows that the current economic and geographic concepts of the urban conglomeration development are advisable to be supplemented with sociological concepts concerning the processes presently taking place in large urban systems; and offers to see an urban conglomeration as a single social space. We also formulate the tasks of socio-diagnostic researches, subjects of which are urban conglomerations. Our special attention is given to the criteria of whether a community is included into a conglomeration areal in order to define the real boundaries of a conglomeration.
Mosienko N. L. nmosienko@ngs.ru
Keywords: urban conglomeration social space conglomeration areal real boundaries
