Agglomeration of St. Petersburg - Issues of Territories Cooperation and Development

In this paper we examine the problem of suburban belt regulation in St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area. St. Petersburg suburban areas become a zone of mutual interests of Russian federal subjects (St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast). Positive agglomeration effects are not now fully implemented, because of a number of problems, which could not be solved without coordination of the federal subjects’ actions. In the current research the foreign and Russian models of agglomeration management were characterized; a possibility of implementation of these models in St. Petersburg agglomeration according to current legal environment was evaluated. Situational analysis in the research confirms a lack of coordination of both subjects of Federation and an absence of municipalities’ involvement in process of areas’ development. Based on expert opinion polls the most possible scenarios of St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area development were found. Conclusions and recommendations are formulated on organization of effective inter-action of subjects of St Petersburg Metropolitan Area in planning of areas of mutual interests development.