TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DURING CRISIS PERIODS AS A FACTOR OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM RESILIENCE

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Abstract

This study examines the transformation of the role of infrastructure during crisis periods from the perspective of a systems approach to the analysis of economic resilience in the context of the global shocks of 2020–2024, with particular attention to the conceptualization of the phenomenon of functional dualism in infrastructure systems manifested in the simultaneous activation of primary and auxiliary target functions under emergency conditions. The study is grounded in an empirical analysis of statistical data from the World Bank, OECD, and International Monetary Fund for the period 2019–2024, covering infrastructure investment dynamics across 142 countries, with total projected investment exceeding USD 106 trillion through 2040. The central hypothesis holds that digital infrastructure has evolved into a meta-infrastructure system capable of sustaining the functioning and reproduction of all other infrastructure types. Crisis infrastructure, defined through the creation of mechanisms to counter external negative impacts, is incorporated within the productive, informational, social, technical-technological, and organizational infrastructure types. During crisis periods, all infrastructure types are mobilized within a constrained spatiotemporal continuum and a specific societal context emerging as a response to the crisis: through the deployment of all NBICS-convergence tools and technologies, reserve financing, and the concentration of human and material resources.