Territorial sustainable development considerably affects ecological aspects of man – nature interaction. Each strategic development plan is to address environmental management processes. Planning the development of a region requires specifying a system of measures concerning protection of water, air and land resources. A special place belongs to investment support of the developed measures in the field of environmental protection for the purpose of natural resources’ conservation and reproduction.

The paper presents the analysis of the dynamics development of Novosibirsk urban agglomeration, as well as the study of development of Novosibirsk's city proper as compared to the similar indicators of its suburbs. The authors emphasize that the lack of statistical base about socioeconomic development of urban agglomerations in Russia and approach to the analysis of the statistical information largely complicate the study of the agglomeration processes. Research has revealed the development trends similar to both the city proper and the suburbs of Novosibirsk that allowed authors to draw a conclusion about feasibility of formation and development of urban agglomeration.

Abstract. The paper is aimed at studying the influence of balanced housing sector development on the cohesion level of the socio-economic space (SES) in agglomerations. Statistical and comparative analytical techniques are used as the basic methods in this research. The paper presents indicators that measure the level of integration and balance in the housing sector. It proposes a set of mechanisms aimed at promoting a more balanced development of the housing sector in order to achieve SES cohesion in the Tomsk agglomeration. The relevance of the study is associated with intensification of agglomeration processes and the need for new methods and techniques to assess the balanced state of housing sector development in agglomeration SES.

The article discusses theoretical foundations and practical applications of the program-oriented method in the context of university campuses' energy efficiency improvement. Best practices of foreign and Russian universities in the field of energy and resource efficiency are considered. In Russia, the use of innovative energy-efficient projects in public sector is obstructed in a number of ways. In the situation when prices for fuel and energy resources are rising and public institutions' budgets are lacking funds energy management becomes particularly crucial for universities. The article attempts to generalize trends in energy efficient design and maintenance of sustainable university campuses and to propose measures to improve energy efficiency of university campuses in Russia.

The aim of the article is to show the history of preservation of cultural and historical heritage and the conditions for sustainable development of modern university cities on the example of university and other museums in Russia (mainly Siberia) and France. The main objective is to demonstrate the creation of harmonious campuses, in which economic, environmental and social principles are balanced, serving, among other things, to attract tourists, which at the same time contributes to the creation of new jobs. Using examples, it is considered how, with the help of coordinated actions of local authorities and university leadership, it is possible to resolve the eternal conflict between tourists and local residents. The development of regional museums and the formation of excursions for museum-educational-historical tourism of the Siberian region are analyzed. The analysis of digitization of museum exhibits and opening of access to collections to visitors from all over the world is shown. All this makes it possible to give museum lessons, to conduct toponymic excursions (scientists’ names of in street names), field games using local history and traditions, and to introduce elements of theatrical performances. The article shows how virtual tours are organized taking into account international examples. The economic role of museums, festivals, exhibitions in the life of the region is highlighted.