Analysis of the Relationship Between the Concepts of “Infrastructure Threats” and “Resilience of the Population's Quality of Life”

Abstract

In recent years, structural infrastructural changes have significantly affected the resilience of the quality of life of the population of Ukraine. This is due to the fact that the quality of life is a complex indicator that reflects the level of satisfaction with the environment (assessment of the state of infrastructure, the quality of services provided in various sectors of the economy, and living conditions created for the population) and the personal comfort of residents. As a result of the study, it was found that today there is no single scientific position on the definition of the concept of “infrastructure”. This is due, firstly, to the fact that researchers are representatives of different scientific schools with their own approaches and characteristics. Secondly, to the ambiguity and multifaceted nature of the term “infrastructure”. Researchers mostly understand the term “infrastructure” as a system, a systemic economic category, a complex of types of economic activity, a part of the national economy, appropriate conditions, a resource, a mechanism, a critically important component of the environment, etc. At the same time, the vast majority of authors consider infrastructure as a “growth point” of the national economy, relying on the theories of location, economic growth and innovative development. Based on the generalization of theoretical approaches to the definition of the concept of “infrastructure”, the author’s interpretation of this concept is given. It is proposed to consider under it a set of various institutions (institutions, organizations), institutions (rules, norms), types of economic activity necessary for the effective functioning and management of the national economy in the context of achieving sustainable development and ensuring the resilience of the quality of life of the population. It should be emphasized that military actions as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine pose serious infrastructure threats and risks that negatively affect the development of the national economy and the quality of life of the population. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to identify the relationship between the concepts of “infrastructure threats”, “population’s quality of life”, and “resilience” by characterizing the evolution of key patterns of scientific publications on this problem. To achieve the goal, a relevant sample of scientific articles was formed based on identifying periods of publication activity and bibliometric analysis of keyword coincidences to identify promising areas of research in this area. Bibliometric analysis and visualization of its results were carried out using the VosViewer software product. Based on visualization maps, three clusters were identified and characterized by the content coincidence of keywords in publications and five stages of evolutionary development. The results of the analysis can be used in further research to determine the dominants of the infrastructural structure formation of the resilience of the quality of life of the population of Ukraine in conditions of external threats. UDC: [351.867+338.246.2](477); JEL: D40, H54, I31