The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to develop a methodological approach to assessing urban sustainability in Uzbekistan. One of the objectives of this research is to explore the role of sustainability awareness among the country's citizens in addressing global warming, climate change, waste management, promotion of gender equality, and other sustainability-related issues and to evaluate the level of sustainability knowledge among the Uzbek population. The author conducts a comprehensive literature review via PRISMA method as well as bibliometric analysis using VoSViewer and RStudio. The literature analysis revealed that there was no commonly accepted definitions of terms “urban”, “sustainability” and “urban sustainability”, therefore the author proposed comprehensive definitions to these terms. Further in this research the author conducted survey to assess the level of sustainability awareness among Uzbek population. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was then applied to analyse the survey results and to test the hypotheses developed from the theoretical analysis. The conducted theoretical analysis of the existing techniques of evaluation of urban sustainable development identified the main research gap, which was the absence of sustainability evaluation methodology that could be applied to Uzbekistan. Using data obtained from secondary sources, as well as interviews with experts in the field the author developed a formula for evaluation of urban sustainability in the country. The developed formula allows accessing the actual level of urban sustainability in Uzbekistan, while providing insights into what aspects seek immediate attention for improving sustainability progress in the country.