Research and Evaluation of the Consumer Market Potential in the Agglomeration Economy

Abstract

The study focuses on the main directions of developing the consumer market of the urban agglomeration, their interrelation, and their mutual influence on the region’s sustainable development. In the conditions of agglomeration changes occurring on the territory of the federal subject, the disproportions of development between municipalities are increasing, which can have a multidirectional impact on economic development and the achievement of strategic goals. The socio-economic development of agglomerations is characterized by a special level of development of individual consumer market segments and a system of indicators that make it possible to form a real picture of the socio-economic development and well-being of the territory. The authors investigate the development parameters of the Republic of Karelia consumer market and the Petrozavodsk urban agglomeration. The relevance of the conducted research is determined by the significant role of consumer market segments in the development of economic sectors of the agglomeration territory and the subject.