Sustainable Urban Development Strategic Initiatives

Abstract

In order to ensure the implementation of the “Strategy for the Development of the Construction Industry of the Russian Federation until 2030” and the implementation of the UN resolution on sustainable development, there is a need to develop new strategic management initiatives. They should allow authorities to make inter-city comparisons, considering specific cities and their objects against the background of others undergoing similar development processes. In this article, the authors propose strategic initiatives for the management of urban facilities. In particular, the authors’ approach to the assessment of the sustainable development of housing and communal service facilities in the city is proposed. According to the authors, the housing and communal city service objects mean capital construction objects in different forms of reproduction. Moreover, the article examines both residential buildings and structures, and utility networks. The authors’ approach consists in the constant assessment of the city’s housing and communal service facilities at different stages of their operation. For this, the authors use several types of analysis: ex post analysis, ex ante analysis, and foresight analysis. For each type of analysis, the authors form a set of assessment indicators and indicate the period of the analysis. The result of the study is the development of an indicator for the assessment of the level of sustainable development of housing and communal service facilities in the city, and a roadmap for their development strategy. The roadmap is formed considering the introduction of modern end-to-end technologies and digital tools into the work of state bodies. The proposed approach, on the one hand, considers the internal complexity and heterogeneity of the city’s housing and communal service facilities. On the other hand, it is a simple tool for the making of effective management decisions by power structures, as it uses data which are available on a regular basis.

Development of a Methodology for Forecasting the Sustainable Development of Industry in Russia Based on the Tools of Factor and Discriminant Analysis

“…The methodology of sustainable development is also widely presented in the scientific works of Russian scientists. However, territories [52][53][54], environmental aspects [55], rationalization of water resources use [56,57], etc., prevail as the subject of research.…”

The role of university technology transfer centers in the development of the “green” potential of cities

“…In particular, the possibilities of creating an alternative electric power industry, primarily solar energy, in cities are being actively studied to increase the autonomy of individual residential complexes and obtain a sustainable energy supply [34]. Also, the use of green materials and green technologies in housing and communal services is becoming increasingly important and is actively spreading both in foreign countries and in Russia [35].…”

A Scientific Perspective on Using Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Urban Development

“…Environmental protection [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][55][56][57][58] Economic development [40,42,43,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][56][57][58]] Social justice and equity, culture [42,43,47,48,51,52,55,56,58] Governance [40,[47][48][49]52,53,59] Source: processing by authors.…”