The article examines the phenomenon of urban conflict using the case of the Novosibirsk agglomeration from 2022 to 2024. The observed multiplicity of actors and issues, as well as the persistence and interconnectedness of some urban conflicts in recent years, indicate not only a rise in their complexity but also a change in the nature of urban conflict and an increase in its impact on social and economic spaces, infrastructure, and the investment attractiveness of territories. The aim of the study is to identify the mechanisms that sustain conflictuality by analyzing the interconnectedness of conflicting agendas and actors. The theoretical foundations are M. Löw’s relational theory of space and N. Fligstein’s and D. McAdam’s theory of strategic action fields. The empirical basis consists of data from the Geo- Information Database of Conflicts of the Novosibirsk Agglomeration (N = 774 conflicts), supplemented by a content analysis of 3,070 mentions of conflicts on social media. Two-step cluster analysis and content analysis were used as methods. The results show that the thematic spaces of urban conflict are currently structured around two cores: hierarchical conflicts related to development projects, construction, and land use, and horizontal everyday conflicts focused on security, accessibility, and the protection of values. Infrastructures of conflict — including skilled actors, stable networked conflict communities, and the media channels that serve them — play a significant role in sustaining and scaling conflicts, as well as in maintaining conflictuality, both within individual strategic action fields and in the city’s public space as a whole. The results are applicable to urban studies, the management of urban conflicts, and the development of mechanisms for reconciling interests in the urban environment.