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Identification and Ranking of Critical Infrastructure Elements of Territorial Communities of Ukraine
Khaustova V. Y., Kotliarov Y. I., Trushkina N. V.

Khaustova, Viktoriia Ye., Kotliarov, Yevhen I., and Trushkina, Nataliia V. (2026) “Identification and Ranking of Critical Infrastructure Elements of Territorial Communities of Ukraine.” Business Inform 4:155–172.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2026-4-155-172

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The article substantiates the theoretical and methodological foundations for identifying and ranking elements of critical infrastructure of territorial communities of Ukraine under modern security, socioeconomic, and wartime challenges. It is proved that in conditions of the ongoing full-scale war, increasing hybrid threats, energy instability, cyber risks, and the need for postwar recovery, critical infrastructure acquires a decisive importance for ensuring the livelihood of the population, continuity of basic services, maintaining territorial resilience, and providing local security. It has been found that traditional approaches to defining critical infrastructure, primarily focused on the sectoral or nationwide level, do not adequately consider the local specifics of the functioning of territorial communities, the level of infrastructure dependence of the population, territorial vulnerability, and the characteristics of the modern security environment. It is substantiated that the modern transformation of approaches to understanding critical infrastructure is characterized by a shift from an object-oriented model to service-oriented, systemic, and resilience-based approaches, within which criticality is defined not only by the significance of an individual infrastructure object but also by its role in ensuring the continuity of essential services, maintaining the functioning of socioeconomic systems, and the capacity of territories for adaptation and recovery. The feasibility of using localized criticality as an adapted approach to assessing the importance of infrastructure elements at the level of territorial communities has been demonstrated. An authorial approach to the identification of critical infrastructure elements in territorial communities has been proposed, which combines systemic, risk-oriented, service-oriented, and resilience-based approaches. A classification of critical infrastructure elements into essential, strategically important, and supportive has been developed. A system of criteria for identifying elements of critical infrastructure of territorial communities has been developed, taking into account functional significance, the level of infrastructure dependence of the population, territorial accessibility, security risks, intersectoral interdependence, redundancy, and recoverability. Within the scope of the study, a matrix for assessing the localized criticality of infrastructure elements and a model for classifying critical infrastructure elements according to the population’s dependence on them and territorial substitutability were proposed. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the possibility of using the proposed approach by local governments, military administrations, and critical infrastructure management entities during the preparation of territorial community development strategies, resilience and continuity plans, postwar recovery programs, civil protection systems, the formation of local critical infrastructure registries, and prioritization of infrastructure projects.

Keywords: regional economy; spatial development; critical infrastructure; territorial communities; identification of critical infrastructure elements; localized criticality; territorial resilience; infrastructural stability; vital services; territorial vulnerability; infrastructure security; civil protection; postwar recovery; strategic community development planning.

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Khaustova Viktoriia Ye. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Director, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
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Kotliarov Yevhen I. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Head of, Sector of Energy Security and Energy Saving of the Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
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Trushkina Nataliia V. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of Industrial Policy and Innovative Development of the Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: [email protected]

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