The Kama River is the natural axis of the Kama agglomeration and its main link. The development of connectivity of the urbanized territories of the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk with their embankments is the key to improving their intra-agglomeration links. The way to strengthen the interaction of cities lies through the analysis of existing problems of embankments, as well as the creation on this basis of a general agglomeration plan for their solution and development of coastal areas. The main purpose of the work is to analyze the current state and identify the problems and opportunities for the development of coastal areas of the cities of the Kama agglomeration, as well as to make proposals for the modernization of the existing urban planning structure of the embankments to improve intra-agglomeration links. The following tasks have been identified: analysis of proposals for the transformation of embankments; study of graphic materials of the master plans of the studied cities in part of the coastal territories in order to identify the main directions of development of their street and road structure and functional zoning; development of proposals to strengthen intra-agglomeration ties by solving existing urban planning problems of coastal areas. The research area is determined by the coastal areas of the Kama agglomeration in the three city boundaries of Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Yelabuga. The main problems of coastal areas are poor ecology, low connectivity of transport communications, irrational use of embankments. To achieve the main goal of the Agglomeration Development - the unification of the three cities into a single social and urban structure and strengthening their intra-agglomeration links - it is proposed to build new and re-equip existing ports, develop connectivity of the city's road network with its coastal areas and modernize riverside recreations.

Keywords: agglomeration, Yelabuga, Nizhnekamsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Kama, embankments, zoning, problems, development, links