Spatial structure and development of settlements in the Saint Petersburg agglomeration
... to trace income and job distribution across the study area. The current functions of settlement in the Saint Petersburg agglomeration have been determined. According to the findings, the spatial structure of the agglomeration has three groups of ‘backbone centres’. The agglomeration includes a core, a population growth area (‘growth belt’), commuting sources and recipients, and ‘backbone centres’.
Lachininsky S. S., Sorokin I. S.
Saint Petersburg agglomeration, city, spatial structure, backbone ...
