Housing and communal services as a factor of the urban sustainability

¹ L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpaev street, 1, 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
² Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Abay street, 33-a, 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article examines the influence of the housing and communal services on the sustainability of the city. The work provides the interpretation of the “urban sustainability” category, considers the main indicators of ensuring the sustainability of the city. The components of the urban sustainability, associated with the improvement and modernization of housing and communal services for the degree of comfort of living of the population, have been substantiated. The role of housing and communal services in ensuring the sustainability of the city, the sustainability of the urban environment is presented in the results of a survey conducted as part of a sociological study. The issues of the quality of the provided housing and communal services, the degree of satisfaction of consumers with housing and communal services, the extent to which residents can take part in making decisions to improve the quality of life and the urban environment, issues of safe life in the city, the need to build new social facilities to improve the urban environment, the degree of implementation of investment design solutions, organization of management of apartment buildings, etc. The study was carried out as part of a scientific project.