Justification of a system of indicators that allows diagnosing the state of consolidation of urban communities in Russia

The article attempts to substantiate the system of indicators that allow diagnosing the state of consolidation of urban communities in modern Russian society. The authors of the article proceed from the assumption that consolidation is a regulated and self-regulatory process that requires qualitative analysis and forecasting. According to the authors, the process of consolidation of urban communities is contradictory, unstable, therefore, indicators should take into account all opportunities and trends, which are often mutually exclusive. As a result, six groups of indicators of the consolidation of urban communities are proposed.