Role of engineering solutions and environmental impact analysis: Kazakhstani and Ukrainian sustainable urban infrastructure development
Yurii Pivnenko 1 * , Yevhenii Reutskyi 2 , Sergey Kutyenko 3 , Vitaliy Omelyanenko 4 , Valeriia Pererva 5
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1 Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Kharkiv, UKRAINE2 Joint Stock Company “Kyivgas”, Kyiv, UKRAINE3 Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, KAZAKHSTAN4 Institute of Industrial Economics of National Academy of Sciences of Kyiv, Kyiv, UKRAINE5 Department of Thermal Engineering and Energy Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, UKRAINE* Corresponding Author

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This article examines the role of engineering in promoting sustainable urban-infrastructure development, focusing on sustainable development goal 11. It analyzes technical solutions and environmental impacts on Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The study emphasizes engineering solutions such as energy-efficient systems, waste management, and transportation infrastructure, along with environmental impacts involving carbon footprints, greenhouse gas emissions, and resource consumption like water and energy. It uses a comparative approach between the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv, and Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan. The study utilized both multiple linear regression and correlation matrix analyses, and findings show that energy-efficient systems, resource consumption, and waste management practices have a significant correlation with carbon footprint output for both countries. Furthermore, Ukraine’s engineering solutions highlight resilient post-conflict recovery efforts to promote sustainable urban infrastructure, while Kazakhstan’s focus is on innovation, driven by urbanization needs stemming from regional imbalances, uneven population distribution, and migration.

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Article Type: Research Article

EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2026, Article No: em0377

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/17976

Publication date: 01 Apr 2026

Online publication date: 25 Feb 2026

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