EURO-ECO 2010 Hanover 2 - 3 Dezember 2010	Environmental, Engineering - Economic and Legal Aspects for Sustainable Living
	European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hanover European Scientific Society, Hanover University of Bremen, Bremen

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The town of Novocherkassk was founded in 1805 by the Cossack ataman, count M.I. Platov, the hero of the war with Napoleon. The downtown planning was designed after the project by French military engineer De Volan according to European standards of the 18^th century, with consideration for the specific terrain relief – the town is located at a high hill, making it visible at long range in the surrounding steppes.

The residential development of the 19^th – beginning of the 20^th century is basically represented by one-family dwelling-houses. During the Soviet period each room of these houses was inhabited by separate families, leading to replanning, construction of multiple unsightly additional buildings, caused by quite natural residents’ desire to improve their living conditions. Nowadays, planning and technical equipment at such houses does not meet any physical state requirements. From the social and demographic view point, these houses are inhabited by the most vulnerable groups of society.

The houses located in downtown area are of considerable historical and artistic value, have a sufficient remaining life expectancy, however, they require thorough condition survey, engineering documentations renewal, financing of maintenance and repair work, attention from the local administration. Structural damages and flaws, being accumulated in the process of building service, change in terms of quantity and quality. Unattended, even insignificant damages can cause severe structural deformations and breakdown. Safe performance of building constructions is stipulated by effective measures assumed during the service period for damages and flaws elimination and limitation of their deleterious effects.

Environmental condition of Novocherkassk is defined by several peculiar factors, such as industrial enterprises, heavy traffic, poor state of green planting, high degree of urban area underflooding. Additionally, city water objects are heavily loaded by urban run-offs that get to the surrounding rivers without sewage treatment.

City administration carries out environmental actions, aimed at reduction of such industrial emissions, as carbohydrates, carbonic oxide, coke dust, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc. These actions resulted, for instance, in reduction of carbohydrates emission at 85%; reconstruction of engineering plant gas-cleaning installations made it possible to reduce carbonic oxide and dust emission.

Project of loop road construction with a new bridgework across the Tuzlov river is being developed to reduce environmental pressure from traffic.

The work, carried out at our University with the students’ participation, is aimed at implementation of systematic, long-term control over the technical condition of all dwelling-houses in the historic part of Novocherkassk, exposure of their damages and physical deterioration, elaboration of scientifically grounded recommendations for their further maintenance in serviceable condition; development of methods to increase building structure durability under influence of natural and anthropogenic aggressive environments.

Social human environment is connected with preservation of residential sphere and involves solution of technical, technological, ecological, and economic issues.