MODERN APPROACHES TO THE DELIMITATIONS OF URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS

Abstract

The approaches to delimitation of urban agglomerations formed by European science and practice are analyzed and summarized in the present work. The essential defi nitional analysis of the concepts of «urban agglomeration», «urban area», «metropolitan area», «urban region», «metropolitan region» is conducted. The main algorithms of delimitation of urban agglomerations used in the fi elds of urbanology, management, statistics, economic geography are classifi ed. The current trends in the development and improvement of methods of delimitation of agglomerations proposed by European researchers are identifi ed.