Economic problems of the impact of urban HCS on the environment of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The problems of the effective functioning of the infrastructure of urban Housing and
communal services (hereinafter referred to as HCS) of Kazakhstan are one of the priority areas
in the framework of the social and economic policy implementation of the state in the context
of sustainable development. Improving the infrastructure of the urban HCS requires the use of
new economic mechanisms and attractiveness of housing and public utilities for investors in the
worsening environmental conditions of the regions caused by the climate change due to the global
warming, industrial interference of industrial enterprises, including housing and communal
services.
The article presents the research of economists in the formation and development of economic
mechanism in ensuring environmental safety and the development of HCS is studying the
environmental impact of HCS and identifying areas for improving the economic and environmental
safety of housing and communal services. The article was prepared within the framework of grant
funding for the implementation of the scientific project №AP 08957363 «Economic assessment of
energy supply in the housing sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan»