The Necessity for Crisis Management for Cities of Donetsk Region

• Authors: Borys Bezzubko

Abstracts

EN

The cities of the Donetsk region are in the center of an armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The aim of this paper is to determining the need to implement crisis management in the cities of the Donetsk region. The method of economic and statistical analysis was used to examine the problems of urban development in the Donetsk region. Using the methods of statistical and economic analysis, the author analyzes the consequences of military operations in Eastern Ukraine on the socio-economic development of the cities, and the state of the infrastructure. The results of the study indicate the need for crisis management to reconstruct of the cities in Eastern Ukraine. The necessity for crisis management in the current economic conditions for the cities of the Donetsk region is examined. Anti-crisis management of the development of cities in the Donetsk region should be aimed at optimizing the mechanisms for regulating urban systems in an armed conflict. The author proposes to develop a strategy for the reconstruction of cities in the Donetsk region, taking into consideration their classification. To renew the cities, it is essential to implement a neo-industrialization policy based on a program-oriented approach.

Keywords

EN

consequences of armed conflicts; old industrial development of cities; reconstruction of cities; socio-economic problems; crisis situation; crisis management

• Publisher: Politechnika Częstochowska
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej. Zarządzanie
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 42
• Pages: 7-18

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Borys Bezzubko

• Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Department of Management

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17512/znpcz.2021.2.01

Biblioteka Nauki

2162187