Development of economic space of regions as a condition for rapid recovery of the economy of Ukraine in the post-war period
Authors: Zakharova Oksana 
Published: May 2024

The article is devoted to the substantiation of the most appropriate directions for the development of economic space of the regions of Ukraine, the implementation of which in practice will speed up the processes of recovery of the country's economy in the post-war period. The choice of the selected research topic for Ukraine is not accidental, since over the past ten years the country has experienced many transformative deformations, most of which are related to aggressive behavior of a neighboring country. As a result, economic space of most regions of the country is in a rather difficult state today. Fundamental changes are needed, which should be introduced both today and in the post-war period. In order to orient the regions in terms of how to organize a successful process of socio-economic revitalization of the territory, it is important to rely on experience. In order to specify possible directions of revitalization of economic space of the country's regions, the work has analyzed the latest publications of scientists on this topic, published in publications included in the Scopus scientometric database. The purpose of the study is to essentially specify the process of the development of economic space of the region and determine the directions of successful implementation of this process in practice. The components of economic space of the country's regions are the object of research in the work. The task of research is to find directions for the activation of each component of economic space of regions in order to achieve noticeable development trends and obtain a platform for socio-economic recovery of the regions of Ukraine in the post-war period. The works of domestic and foreign scientists devoted to the study of various aspects of ensuring the development of economic space of the region, methods of scientific knowledge (monographic analysis, systematization, trend analysis, visualization method) and information processing tools (public web application of Google Corporation, Wordart tool) are methodological basis of the study. Based on the results of the research, key directions of movement, the implementation of which will allow to activate the processes of development of the components of economic space of the country's regions, have been established. The scope of application of research results is related to the activities of regional authorities, the leadership of territorial communities, business entities of all types of economic activity, and educational and scientific institutions. The results of the study are the following: 1) substantiation of nine main components of economic space of the country's regions, which include business environment, infrastructural support, human capital, natural resource potential, financial potential, educational and scientific potential, cultural heritage, institutional environment and foreign economic potential; 2) systematization and processing of the latest scientific research on a selected topic, published in publications included in the Scopus scientometric database, which makes it possible to group information and highlight the vectors of spatial development implemented by foreign countries and specify the problems that are observed at the same time; 3) visualization of established vectors using "word cloud" tools and Google trends; 4) substantiation of vectors of resilience of the post-war recovery of economic space of the regions of Ukraine, which include equal infrastructural development of urban and rural areas, development of ecological systems of the region, investment in innovative development of the territory, comprehensive development of talents, architectonics of rural and urban spaces, energy efficiency of production processes and everyday life, encouragement of Ukrainian military migrants to return to Ukraine