Session
15 November 2024
11:00-13:00

Introduction of agglomeration into the legislative field

REBUS Exhibition Hall
What is agglomeration? Having appeared more than 100 years ago, this concept has been the subject of scientific research for a long time.
The first agglomerations in our country began to form during the Soviet Union, and these trends, associated with the growing importance of cities and the influence of urbanised areas, have been further developed in the new Russia.
The agglomeration process is a wave-like process, its intensity depends on many factors, including the development of transport infrastructure, which directly affects pendular migration, which, in turn, is one of the main characteristics of this phenomenon.

The Federal Law ‘On Strategic Planning’ (No. 172-FZ of 28.06.2014), adopted in 2014, outlined the main guidelines, and in 2019 the ‘Strategy for Spatial Development of the Russian Federation’ for the first time legally introduced the concepts of large and largest agglomerations.
In 2020, the Ministry of Economic Development prepared a package of draft laws aimed at legal regulation of the development of urban agglomerations and improvement of legal mechanisms for inter-municipal cooperation. The package included a draft federal law ‘On Urban Agglomerations’ and two draft laws designed to adjust related laws and amend the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the development of inter-municipal cooperation in agglomerations. The package was not approved.
How will the process of institutionalisation of the concept of ‘agglomeration’ in Russia develop further? And is the lack of comprehensive legislative regulation of agglomeration construction a blocking factor for the implementation of agglomeration development projects and improvement of management models?
We will discuss with experts the practices of Russian regions and examples from friendly countries.
  • Natalia Aleksandrovna Klimova
    Head of the Organising Committee of the Kuzmin Council of Chief Architects of the Subjects of the Russian Federation and Municipalities of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAASN)
    Moderator
Speakers
  • Andrey Afanasievich Nikiforov
    Deputy Director of the Department of Territorial Development Planning of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
  • Nikolay Valeryevich Kichigin
    Acting Head of Department, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation
  • Nadezhda Nikolaevna Zykova
    Acting Director of the Moscow Region State Autonomous Institution ‘NIIPI of Urban Planning
  • Kumar Rajendra
    Architect, curator, academician, New Delhi, India
  • Roman Arkadyevich Popov
    Deputy Director of Municipal Economic Development at the Institute of Urban Economics Foundation.
  • Vladimir Nikolayevich Kudryashev
    Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Union of Architects of the Republic of Tatarstan
  • Yuri Grigorievich Kuznetsov
    Director General of the Agglomeration Development Agency, Senior Researcher at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
  • Alexey Alexeyevich Rakitsky
    Minister of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Sakhalin Oblast
  • Ismail Daniyalovich Lukmanov
    Leading Advisor to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation