Rationale for the Conceptual Model of Project Management for Mod-ernizing Transport Mobility in Ukraine’s Territorial Communities under Martial Law and During Post-war Recovery
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Infrastructure Resilience, Post-war Recovery,, Sustainable Urban Mobility, Project Portfolio Management, Dual-use Infrastructure, Risk Management, Decision-makingAbstract
The full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has substantially transformed the operating principles of transport systems: the threats of martial law have compounded pre-war shortcomings, exacerbating existing problems in the transport sector. The conditions of martial law have affected the transport mobility of territorial communities through a combination of direct and indirect destructive factors, leading to a systemic deterioration of these systems. The article is devoted to addressing the modernization of transport systems in Ukraine’s territorial communities, which had pre-war systemic deficiencies and have suffered large-scale destruction because of the armed aggression against Ukraine. The research is grounded in a qualitative theoretical methodology that combines a critical review of scientific literature with conceptual modeling. The model is constructed by synthesizing theories of sustainable urban mobility, the resilience of critical infrastructure, and contemporary project management. The principal result is the proposed Conceptual Model that defines the project management system for modernizing the transport systems of territorial communities. The scholarly contribution lies in formulating model-specific principles, including dual-use infrastructure (civil and defense), heightened resilience, adaptability, and sustainability-based prioritization. The model specifies the key structural elements, stakeholders, resources, an adapted project life cycle (initiation and prioritization, adaptive planning, execution and monitoring, closure and operations), technologies and tools (GIS, BIM), external and internal environmental factors, and the core processes (project portfolio initiation and formation; planning and resource allocation; execution and monitoring & control; communications and reporting). Its practical value is in providing a systematic and transparent instrument for public authorities and project teams. Its implementation will make it possible to harmonize approaches to recovery, improve the efficiency of resource use, and ensure that the modernization of transport systems contributes to building safer, more sustainable, and more resilient transport systems in territorial communities, capable of withstanding future threats
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