International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) Volume 10, Issue 04, April 2019, pp. 954-964, Article ID: IJCIET_10_04_101 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijciet/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=10&IType=04 ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN Online: 0976-6316 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed ACHIEVEMENT OF CITY SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES U.Zh. Shalbolova Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan S.M. Egemberdieva Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan D.N. Silka Department of Economics and Management in Construction, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow - 129337, Russian Federation Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan E.B. Tlesova Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan M.O. Ryispekova Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan A. Khoich Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana - 010000, Kazakhstan ABSTRACT Currently, there is a massive migration of population to cities in all developed and developing countries. The urbanization of cities is growing, and there are new urban agglomerations. The national policy of each country is aimed at the sustainable development of cities through expanding housing resources, the improvement of \http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 954 editor@iaeme.com U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich housing and communal services management, the organization of new forms of providing public services, the improvementof transport infrastructure, the adoption of new programs and mechanisms to improve urban management, and respect for the environment and national traditions. The Republic of Kazakhstan is a relatively young country with a dynamic developing economy. The appearance of a new capital on the county’s map and the expansion of urban areas lead to the need for the modernization of housing and communal services. This article, prepared within the framework of the ARO scientific project 05134552, analyzes the development of housing services. Key words: city, municipal service, housing and communal services, efficiency, investment. Cite this Article: U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich, Achievement of City Sustainability through the Development of Housing and Communal Services. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 10(04), 2019, pp. 954-964 http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=10&IType=04 1. INTRODUCTION Since the second half of the twentieth century, population increase, migration and city urbanization have been accompanied by the expansion of urban areas and the creation of new cities. More than half of the world's population lives in cities today. Forecast data indicate that by 2030, every six out of ten people will be urban residents [20]. The growing urban population of the Republic of Kazakhstan is accompanied by the construction of residential facilities and the creation of conditions for health and comfortable living of people. However, not every city resident is able to pay for the purchase of commercial housing. In this regard, the country is currently implementing a number of programs to build housing for special sections of the population, to modernize the housing stock. Expansion of the number of residential houses is accompanied by the provision of new types of housing and communal services, the development of urban infrastructure facilities, the introduction of advanced digital technologies for managing housing and the implementation of investment projects for the modernization of housing and communal services. 2. THE HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM For the sustainable development of the city, the Geneva Charter on Sustainable Housing, adopted by the United Nations Organization European Commission (UN) in April 2015 [16] is currently in place. The purpose of this document is the creation of a sustainable city and settlements. Cities should be safe, easily manageable, be a place for the implementation of innovative design solutions in housing facilities. One of the key sources of real problems is urbanization, which leads to a shortage of housing in cities, the emergence of spontaneous settlements in the absence of infrastructure and legal rights to real estate. All this leads to social inequalities, inadequate access to appropriate housing and communal services, ineffective management of such settlements by state local authorities. The Geneva Charter on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development notes the problem of the modern city, such as the environment (air pollution, urban noise, a small number of green urban areas, the quality of building materials for mass housing construction, inefficient use of urban land and energy resources [6]. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 955 editor@iaeme.com Achievement of City Sustainability through the Development of Housing and Communal Services Another important problem in the development of the city of the twenty-first century is the financial one. As a result of the global financial crises begun in 2008, instability in the urban housing market has manifested itself. The decrease in the population's ability to pay increasingly leads to a restriction of access to housing of the required quality at an affordable price. The main goal of the Geneva Charter is to achieve access to decent quality and price housing for the population of the UN member states on the basis of four principles: environmental protection, economics, social integration and culture [7]. Respect for environmental protection, first of all, should be realized through the construction and operation of residential buildings by means of innovative technologies with the use of environmentally friendly building materials, renewable energy sources, design and construction of housing units taking into account climatic features, the creation of green spaces and green belts around cities, the expansion of sports and leisure facilities, the regulation of the number of settlements and the territory of the city and the transport accessibility development. The economic part of the Charter considers the guarantee of tenure rights by the population, the attraction of investors in the modernization of housing and communal services, the development of public-private partnerships in housing facilities, the creation of conditions for the population to obtain affordable mortgages for the purchase of housing (various economic and legal mechanisms to finance the construction of preferential housing), the modernization of housing stock, the improvement of the urban infrastructure quality (both for poor and informal residential urban settlements), the proper planning of urban areas and the prevention of uncontrolled cities expansion. Social integration presupposes the expansion of the state policy economic instruments of the affordable housing construction for certain social groups of the population, the design and construction of housing, taking into account the conduct of a healthy lifestyle, the provision of living conditions for various categories of the population (disabled, elderly, large families, etc.), the provision of assistance at risk cases arising from natural disasters, as well as monitoring of the development of housing and national housing policy. The principle of culture observance is an adherence of historical and cultural heritage preservation in cities, creation of cultural and social public buildings and areas (entertainment and sports facilities, recreation and leisure centers, institutions for the creative development of children and youth, etc.). In the design and construction of residential buildings it is a compliance with national and cultural characteristics of future tenants, the choice of the most advantaged areas for housing construction (taking into account the natural and climatic conditions, reluctance of near preservation of cemeteries, taking into account any historically unfavorable legends with a chosen place for building an apartment, etc.). A sustainable city is a place where people live for a long time, where the quality of the population’s life constantly improves, and there is a place for harmony between the preservation of health and the ecological system. A sustainable city is a territory for improving interpersonal communications and inter-structural links between local executive bodies, business, the social sector and non-profit organizations in order to achieve innovative approaches to city management and municipal services excellences. In today's world, sustainable cities coexist on a par with traditional, historically developed cities. As a rule, the development strategy of a sustainable city takes into account the management and development of the entire urban area (prosperous and poor areas of the city), attracts active citizens to make various decisions within the modernization of housing and communal services and construction of new facilities, conducts a long-term forecast of the city expansion, uses world innovative technologies and design solutions for urban development. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 956 editor@iaeme.com U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich The main indicators of the city’s sustainability include the following: gross regional product per capita, number of housing stock, volume of housing commissioning, quantum index of basic funds, amount of fixed investment, volume of paid services per capita, population growth rate, incidence rate, crime tare, total amount of pollution, indicators of processing of solid domestic waste, state of urban infrastructure and housing communal services [21]. 3. RESULTS Over the past 20 years, cities in the Republic of Kazakhstan have been developed in the areas of "sustainable urban development". The assessment is carried out on the basis of the National Standard of the ST RK ISO 37120-2015 "Sustainable Community Development. Indicators of urban services and quality of life" [10], which forms common guidelines for the executive in the development of urban policy. In the standard, there are all indicators for measuring the results of achievements under the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The standard is voluntary, but the main indicators are mandatory. The objects of application are administrativeterritorial communities (cities, district and other centers), regardless of their scale, population size and other parameters [21]. The Republic of Kazakhstan ranks ninth in the world in terms of occupied territory, while the population density is rather low (less than 7 people per square kilometer). In the list of countries by population, Kazakhstan takes the63rd position in the world. As of April 1, 2018, the country's population is 18.2 million people [4]. In 1991, at the time of acquiring the status of a separate state, the number of people in Kazakhstan was 16.4 million people. However, as a result of external out-migration, the population decreased from 1991 to 2002 by 10%. However, since 2002, due to natural population growth and the arrival of immigrants from other countries (China, Mongolia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Russia, etc.) to the country for permanent residence in 2018, the population has grown by about 20%. Such growth is also facilitated by the country's dynamic social and economic development, political stability, the implementation of state programs for social support, the reduction of the poverty rate from 46.7% in 2001 to 2.7% in 2015. The dynamics of population growth in Kazakhstan is given in Figure 1. 180,00,000 160,00,000 140,00,000 120,00,000 100,00,000 80,00,000 60,00,000 40,00,000 20,00,000 0 Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, people Figure 1. Dynamics of population growth in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Source: Compiled by the authors according to [5] http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 957 editor@iaeme.com Achievement of City Sustainability through the Development of Housing and Communal Services The increase in the number of people living in Kazakhstan during the last 5 years is accompanied by an increase in the urban population. As in the rest of the world, rural residents migrate to cities (Figure 2). 120,00,000 100,00,000 80,00,000 60,00,000 40,00,000 20,00,000 0 Urban population, people Rural population, people Figure 2. Growth dynamics of rural and urban population in the Republic of Kazakhstan Source: Compiled by the authors according to [5] Economic development of Kazakhstan's major cities and superior level of accommodation attract people from rural areas and small towns in the more favorable cities in terms of the employment such as Almaty, Astana, Shymkent. Today, these three cities have the status of republican value with a population of more than one million people. The dynamic growth of these cities and this city of Aktobe led to the formation of the four metropolitan areas with living-thirds of the population, which was not observed previously before 2015. At present, the level of urbanization in Kazakhstan has exceeded 55%. According to the Development Strategy of Kazakhstan, in 2050 the urban population of Kazakhstan should be 70% [15]. In Kazakhstan, 87 populated territories have urban status, three cities have the status of republican significance, and 38 cities are regional centers [9]. Undoubtedly, the rapidly growing urban population of the Republic of Kazakhstan requires expanding the housing stock, and creating favorable conditions for living. In Kazakhstan, there have been createdopportunities to provide the population with affordable housing. Thus, the financial crisis of 2008 affected the activities of construction companies in the country that are engaged in the construction of residential buildings. Many companies went bankrupt and failed to fulfill their obligations to the people who have invested their own money in the construction of future housing, when many people took mortgages. Speaking for the interests of citizens, the Government of Kazakhstan sent enormous financial resources for the commissioning of unfinished construction (450 houses and complexes). As a result, about 63 million desperate co-investors were able to enter new housing. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 958 editor@iaeme.com U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich Over the last four years (from 2005 to 2018) Kazakhstan has adopted national programs aimed at the construction of housing for the individual and the disadvantaged population: the "Affordable Housing-2020" program, the Regional Development Program until 2020, the "Development of Single-Industry Towns in 2012-2020” program. The state program "NurlyJol" started in 2015. Its continuation was the program of housing construction "NurlyJer", started for implementation in 2017. The main direction of the program "NurlyJer" is to provide housing credit, which is below the market by 15-20% and this is for potential credit buyers with an average income [19]. The second direction is the construction of rental housing for 20 years, which in turn is issued to socially vulnerable segments of the population; state and budget employees and service members. Rent payments are savings for the purchase of anapartment in the future. According to the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic, in 2017 more than 100,000 apartments in Kazakhstanhave been commissioned (more than 11 million square meters). In 2018 it is planned to build another 100 thousand apartments. According to statistics in 2005, the area of housing stock in Kazakhstan has grown by more than 40% (Figure 3). 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Total area of commissioned residential buildings, thousand sq.m. Figure 3. Dynamics of housing construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan Source: Compiled by the authors according to [2] The analysis shows that the main share of the construction of a new housing in Kazakhstan is related to two large cities: Astana and Almaty (from 2005 to 2017, the share of construction was 35-38%) (Table 1). http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 959 editor@iaeme.com Achievement of City Sustainability through the Development of Housing and Communal Services Table 1 Housing commissioning in Kazakhstan 2013 2014 6,84 1,1/16% 0,83/12% 2015 2016 2017 January-April 2018 The Republic of Kazakhstan, million sq. m. 7,52 8,94 10,5 11,2 3,56 Astana, million sq m /% 1,21 /16% 1,76/20% 2,28 /22% 2,4 /21% 0,89//25% Almaty, million sq m /% 1,33/18% 1,37/15% 1,86/17% 1,9/17% 0,35/10% Source: Calculated by the authors according to [12]. In order to improve the social policy of providing housing for the population, in March 2018 a new program "7-20-25" was adopted. The initiative called "New Housing Opportunities for Each Family" offers interest payments on housing loans at a rate of 7% per annum, an initial payment of the buyer is 20%, and housing loan for a period of 25 years. At present, there is a work to revise the parameters of the issuance of housing state loans underway in Kazakhstan [1]. Further granting of preferential housing to the population will be realized according to the newly adopted state program. Thus, the creation of urban agglomerations, urbanization, the expansion of the housing stock and the growth of the urban population are the components of the sustainability of cities in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Housing construction, residential stock and housing and communal services are interrelated and interdependent sectors of the national economy that have a special impact on the social and economic well-being of any resident. Housing and communal services is the basis of residential sector. In Kazakhstan, the Program for the Modernization of Housing and Communal Services for 2011-2020 [17] is in effect, where housing measures are included to ensure an adequate maintenance of residential facilities. Over the years, the Programhelped repair more than 2.3 thousand residential buildings. In addition, according to this program, repair work is carried out at the expense of repayable funds of the owners of previously renovated houses (at present, about 340 houses in the country have been repaired) [8]. However, the implementation of the program for the modernization of housing and communal services is currently undergoing criticism, as it is working poorly. Residents are not ready to finance capital repairs of houses due to their own financial resources. Housing in Kazakhstan has a fairly high level of the provision of public services and comfort for decent living of people (Table 2). Table 2 Comfort level provision of urban housing in Kazakhstan,% № Comfort indicator Total Multi-family housing Private housing 1 Water supply 98,5 99,8 99,6 2 Sewerage 66,6 95,1 67,1 3 Central heating 40,7 89,7 8,5 4 Individual heating equipment 59,6 10,7 92,0 5 Shower or bath 42,4 87,5 15,4 http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 960 editor@iaeme.com U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich 6 Central hot water supply 36,4 80,8 7,59 7 Gas-fired plant or central gas 12,0 5,5 29,4 87,8 75,6 95,7 supply 8 Electric floor heating Source: Compiled according to the source [14]. Water supply is 99%, central heating is supplied to 90% of multiple houses. The presence of natural gas in the country allowed to achieve a gasification level of more than 95%, which allows the provision of hot water and heating to most individual houses. The most problematic issue is the provision of central sewerage of individual housing. When paying for housing and communal services, in the country's average value the main share is taken up by the payment for electricity and heating (Table 3) Table 3 Structure of costs for housing and communal services Hot water supply 34% 22% 15% Source: The sources data [13]. Heating Power supply Cold water supply 7% Gas supply Sewerage Housing maintenance Total 4% 8% 11% 100% An analytical review of the current housing and communal sector state in Kazakhstan made it possible to identify a number of problems, presented below in Table 4: Table 4 The main problems of the development of housing and communal services in Kazakhstan № Sub-industry 1 Power supply 2 Water supply 3 Road network cleaning 4 Outdoor lighting 5 Utilities calculation Problems Down time of equipment, generation of surplus, heat and electric energy, low level of control over the process of managing the generation of electrical and thermal energy, low level of load forecasting, insufficient automation of the heat transfer process, low level of diagnostics of heat networks, low level of thermal insulation. Loss of water during distribution, rapid deterioration of water supply networks, weak organization of urgent repairs. The cleaning process planning is carried out manually based on the experience of past years, lack of quality control of the work of specialized equipment. Irrational use of electricity, the deterioration of the electricity lighting network, visual search for street lighting malfunctions. Growth of non-payments, unscrupulous calculations, inefficient billing systems, lack of integration between public utility systems and organizations that serve multi-apartment houses. Source: Compiled by authors The Republic of Kazakhstan supports the idea of sustainable development of cities, taking an active part in the implementation of reasonable actions to protect the environment. At the national level, the transition of Kazakhstan to sustainable development of the city is carried out through the implementation of conceptual government documents, which outline a number of http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 961 editor@iaeme.com Achievement of City Sustainability through the Development of Housing and Communal Services measures in the direction of achieving sustainable development of the country with regard to the development of housing and communal services: - The need to provide 100% of the population with access to drinking water in order to increase the average life expectancy of the population; -Development of environmentally safe technologies in the reconstruction of the housing and communal services and the construction of new housing in achieving the task of diversification, improving the efficiency of resource use and overcoming the energy balance; -Construction of apartment buildings with the purpose of reducing heat energy, aimed at energy saving and increasing energy efficiency in buildings; -Stable development of social and economic potential of each city of the country through the formation of rational territorial organization, stimulation of the population and capital in the centers of economic growth; -Recovery of the environment, reduction of emissions and discharges into the environment and of renewable energy sources share increase in the energy balance, in achieving sustainable ecological development of the urban environment [19;17;3;18]. In order to modernize housing and communal services and develop the infrastructure of the country's housing complex, the Republic of Kazakhstan is working to introduce new mechanisms for attracting investment, introducing innovative technologies and advanced management methods for housing and communal services. To attract private capital, it is possible to use various forms of public-private partnership (PPP), which should become the main mechanism for the development of infrastructure, including social infrastructure. For the modernization of housing and communal services, options for transfer to trust management or a concession are considered with possible further privatization. Today, the mechanism for financing the modernization of housing and communal services in Kazakhstan goes in two directions: public and private. The legal aspects of PPP model implementation in the sectors of the national economy have been resolved: the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Concessions" and "On Public-Private Partnership” have been adopted. The conditions created in Kazakhstan will favorably affect the implementation of public-private partnership mechanisms and increase the social efficiency of the implemented projects in the housing and communal services sector. Ensuring the introduction of energy-saving technologies, the use of resource-saving materials are the main aspects of the use of innovative technologies in the development of housing in Kazakhstan. As a result of the international exhibition "EXPO-2017" held in Astana in 2017, Kazakhstan is implementing new projects on the use of energy-efficient resources in the construction of residential buildings and housing and communal services. Moreover, since 2007, the United Nations Development Program in Kazakhstan has been implementing projects to improve energy efficiency and energy supply in the residential sector: "Removing Barriers to Improving the Energy Efficiency of Public Heat Supply", "Integrated Energy Efficient Solutions in Small Cities", "Energy Efficient Design and Construction of Residential Buildings" and "Promotion of Energy-Efficient Lighting" [21]. One of the main directions of sustainable development of cities in Kazakhstan is the use of innovative solutions for the modernization of housing and communal services through digital technologies. Thus, through the implementation of the projects "Digitalization of Housing and Communal Services", "Astana Smart City" - "Smart Astana", the city administration of Astana sets the main task to use the new standards of construction security and housing and communal relations. The concept of these projects combines the following characteristics: "smart" economy, "smart" management, "smart" life, "smart" mobility, "smart" people, and "smart" http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 962 editor@iaeme.com U.Zh. Shalbolova, S.M. Egemberdieva, D.N. Silka, Z.Zh. Kenzhegalieva, E.B. Tlesova, M.O. Ryispekova and A. Khoich environment. These projects are related to the introduction of innovative technologies for the management of water supply systems, heat supply, energy, street lighting, and urban transport. The financial part of the projects is to develop flexible tariff systems for housing and communal services, where the main aspect is to encourage savings with rational consumption of public utilities. In addition, it is envisaged to involve the urban population in activation of making decisions on energy consumption, heating and individual collection of household waste. Today, four projects for sustainable development of the city in Astana are being implemented. "Smart" healthcare implements the automation of policlinics in terms of management, coordination of units, recording patients, digitizing medical information, creating a unified laboratory base. The aim of the "smart" school project is to improve the safety and well-being of schoolchildren, control parents for the training of their children, and the introduction of innovative technologies in school management. The project "Smart" street lighting is aimed at saving electricity, which provides for automatic reduction of luminous intensity, transmission of data on the state of lanterns to the central control and monitoring unit. According to statistical data, the reduction in energy consumption is 12,721.3 kW per year. Realization of the "smart" payments project is directed on carrying out of electronic municipal payments through system of private accounts. One can also pay fines and taxes, or pay for school meals, medical services, buy tickets for urban transport, etc. [11]. It is also worth noting that there are "smart" houses – residential complexes constructed by South Korean companies that have been being built in Astana for ten years, where apartments are classified as shelter from a higher level of comfort, both for living and for receiving public services. The transition to "smart" cities creates conditions for the interaction of public-private partnerships. 4. CONCLUSION The Republic of Kazakhstan is expanding the housing stock, creating conditions for affordable housing for the main part of the population, both the country as a whole and the cities. Modernization of the country’s housing and communal services is carried out using new world technologies and experience in managing housing and urban economy. The sustainability of the development of the country's cities is also based on the expansion of urban areas and the creation of four urban agglomerations. The transfer of the Kazakhstan capital to the north of the country, the appearance of the new city of Astana on the world map allowed the entire world community to present the new capital as a city of the future. New unusual buildings make tourists associate it with a futuristic city. The project "Astana Smart City" is implemented in a pilot mode, but in the future, such projects will cover all the large cities of Kazakhstan. Currently, the main regional centers and cities of national importance are at the stage of dynamic development, many residential projects are being built, urban areas are expanding, innovative projects are being introduced in the modernization and management of housing and communal services. This article is prepared within the framework of the ARO 05134552 "Economic Evaluation of the Project Decisions on the Modernization of Housing and Utilities Services of the Kyzylorda Region" scientific project implementation. 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