Environmental determinants of sustainable development of urbanized territories in the North Caucasus federal district

The paper shows that the dominant ecological imperative in the world and national-state policy determines qualitatively new requirements for the organization of urban economy and ensuring sustainable development of urbanized territories in the space of the North Caucasus macroregion (NCFD). A comprehensive analysis of ecological and economic problems in the space of the North Caucasus Federal District revealed the dominance of urbanized territories, and, consequently, the orientation of relevant economic initiatives and management decisions related to the inevitability of control and supervision activities for large industrial pollutants of the urban environment and the implementation of corporate initiatives based on the principles of environmental partnership; urban planning and design approach integrating organizational and technical solutions for arrangement of centralized water supply and sanitation systems; sanitary and epidemiological regulation of drinking and household water supply sources when concluding contracts and updating water use licenses; organization of the urban waste management system in the format of franchising schemes and recycling projects; landscaping initiatives based on the principles of compensation, initiative budgeting and grant mechanism.