Functional and spatial model of university complexes transformation into structural elements of Samara-Togliatti agglomeration innovative development cluster

Abstract

The article explores the actual cluster approach to the planning of agglomeration territories sustainable development. The authors in their research investigate the notion of sustainable territorial development as the development of urban planning structures basing on the frame of the educational, industrial, financial and economic information exchange nets built in the structure of the agglomeration. Such a subject-oriented frame must not be formed as rigid, constant, and static; its flexibility and variability, complementarity and interchangeability of its knots and elements allow the urban planning system sustaining and developing itself. The conclusion is drawn in the article that the urban planning development policy of Samara-Togliatti agglomeration (basing on cluster strategies) will enable the universities of the region (including the flagship university, national research university) to form the platform of innovative cluster infrastructure of the region and agglomeration.