Transformation of the Residential System of the St. Petersburg Agglomeration in the 2010-2020

Abstract

The research article aims to study the transformation of the residential system of the St. Petersburg agglomeration in the period from 2010 to 2020 by analyzing statistical data on the population and housing development within the agglomeration. To test the hypothesis that there is a close relationship between the dynamics of population size and housing construction, we calculated the Pearson correlation coefficient showing correlation between the increase in the total area of apartment buildings and the population growth for the intercensal period 2010-2020. It amounts to 0.845, which confirms a close relationship between the indicators as well as the research hypothesis. The calculations show that more than 1/2 of the total population growth in the agglomeration is provided by only 7 municipalities, while a group of 6 municipalities accounts for 33% of new housing supply. The main areas of housing construction by municipalities of the agglomeration have been revealed.