| Methods for analyzing agglomerative interaction of cities |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| The Theil Index Spatial Concentration Method |
Allows identifying inequalities in urban development. Visibility of results |
The application complexity. Not applicable for the analysis of monocentric agglomerations. |
| Research method of regional contact-gravitational environment of the territory (RCGE) |
Able to ensure the selection of main elements of interaction between cities; allows identifying growth points. Technique novelty; versatility |
Difficult to calculate the cities interaction in polycentric agglomerations |
| The integrated assessment method of the indicators variation of municipalities based on the Gini coefficient |
Reflects uneven distribution of the studied trait among several cities of agglomeration |
Limited functional of application; the results are not detailed for each of the studied subjects |
| Method of delimiting agglomeration based on transport interconnections between cities |
Visibility, reliability of the results, repeated positive experience of application in domestic and foreign practice |
Need for a large amount of cartographic data and basic information about motor complex volume of the agglomeration core |
| Method for studying the cities interaction as business entities |
Novelty. Applicable for calculating the economic potential of small and medium cities |
Not applicable for studying the relationship of cities in large and largest agglomerations. Significant complexity of the application |
