Samoilenko, N.Bairachnyi, V.Porunkova, I.2016-12-142016-12-142016Samoilenko N. Environmentally-sustainable cities development in the system of reforming urban-development programs / N. Samoilenko, V. Bairachnyi, I. Porunkova // Resilience Management and Renewable Energy Processes / edited by Laura Tampieri, Il Ponte Vecchio ed., Cesena, pp. 81-87.https://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/25406Artificial environment created by humans is an integral part of nature and has to be in harmony therewith. At the same time, urbanized lands suffer from the already existing ecological problems and generate new ones as well. In this respect it is vitally important to unite the efforts of experts in the sphere of ecology and civil engineering for joint solution of tasks regarding construction of new and reconstruction of old facilities within the human environment. Therefore, Master’s Degree programs must be subject to constant improvement with regard to changes taking place in the sphere of environment development. It primarily concerns introduction of new modules into students’ curricula. Requirements set to such modules include necessary compliance of their tasks and objectives with labor-market demands, reflection in their materials of results of the latest scientific and applied scientific research, as well as coverage of matters of sustainable development within ecological urban environment. Meanwhile, education of students shall involve formation of their nature-oriented thinking and environmental culture. The main objective of the Environmentally Sustainable Cities Development module developed within the CENEAST project lies in formation of students’ knowledge, skills, modes of thought, as well as worldview and social qualities in the sphere of environmentally-sustainable cities development (ESCD) in the context of a professional-training university program. Accordingly, the module deals with such issues as: sustainable resource consumption, including that connected with greening of city dwellers’ demands; comprehensive greening of equipment and technologies. The module discusses connections between design-and-construction work and environmentally-sound quality of the ambient environment, conservation of valuable landscapes, flora and fauna of a city. The module includes information about sustainable utilization of city water resources, maintenance of atmospheric quality in a city, and improvement of its domestic waste management systems. Important are the matters regarding the essence of planning under the ESCD, including with application of smart-components, as well as transition programs and examples of successfully implemented eco-city projects in other countries around the world. Currently, the module under consideration is included into the Masters’ Degree program of The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI"), and its components are used in teaching urban ecology to students of other universities.enurbanizationecologydevelopmenteco-cityplanningThesis