Resilience of Ukrainian Land Administration System under Martial Law
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https://doi.org/10.30672/njsr.153355Keywords:
Сadastral system; Land administration system; Martial law; System resilience; Ukraine.Abstract
The war in Ukraine has severely tested the country’s land administration system (LAS). This study analyzes the resilience of Ukraine’s LAS under martial law using a qualitative approach that combines a literature review and legal analysis applied within the theory of system resilience. It examines the pre-war institutional and legal framework for land management and the emergency measures and regulatory changes introduced since February 2022. The study also addresses ongoing challenges such as the destruction of housing and infrastructure, population displacement, and land contamination. The analysis reveals that Ukraine’s LAS has continued to fulfil its responsibilities through three key models: emergency land administration, decentralized community-based models, and interim land management via digital and remote tools. Interpreting this response through a resilience lens underscores the importance of flexible legal frameworks that can adapt rapidly during emergencies. It also highlights the need to safeguard and digitalize cadastral data to ensure continuity of land rights, as well as to establish institutional mechanisms for coordination between various agencies and authorities. Overall, the findings provide insights for policymakers, land authorities, and researchers, illustrating that resilience is not only about maintaining core functions during conflict but also about laying the institutional and legal groundwork for post-war restitution, reconstruction, and longer-term modernization of the land administration system.
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